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Activist |
Ascetic |
Caregiver |
Contemplative |
Enthusiast |
Intellectual |
Naturalist |
Sensate |
Traditionalist |
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| God is: |
Righteous & just |
The Cloud of Unknowing |
Compassionate & Caring |
Near, Personally Connected to His own |
Active & Joyous |
Briliant law-giver |
Creator, Awe Inspiring |
To Be Experienced |
Changeless, Dependable & the Truth |
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A Warrior King |
Our Total Tocus |
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Abba Father |
Powerful, Mysterious |
All-knowing, All-Wise Lord |
Sovereign, In Control |
Majestic & Beautiful |
God of Abraham & Moses |
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| Christ is: |
Bringer of righteousness |
Sacrifical one emptied for the Father |
Servant, Healer |
Bridegroom, Incarnate Friend |
Incarnate Lord, Fun |
All-wise Teacher |
Lion of Judah, Lamb of God |
Bread of Life, Living Water |
Transcendant One, The Christ |
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| Holy Spirit is: |
Power & Boldness |
Revelation & Guide |
Comforter |
Companion, Closer than a Brother |
Life & Joy-Bringer |
Instructor, Mentor |
Life-Giver & Sustainer |
Power & Glory |
Keeper of The Way |
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| Scripture: |
Cleansing of the Temple |
Temptation or Crucifixion |
Golden Rule |
Song of Solomon, Mary of Bethany |
Palm Sunday |
Sermon on the Mount |
Calming the Storm |
Jesus spitting on mud to heal man |
God is the same yesterday, today… |
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Mark 11, Lk 19 |
Matt 4, John 19, Hab 2:20 |
Matthew 22:37-39 |
Deut 6:5; Ps 27:4 |
2 Samuel 6:21, Is 45:7 |
Luke 2:46-47, Proverbs |
Psalm 19:1-3 |
Psalm 34:8, 96:6 |
Heb 13:8 |
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| Pace: |
Fast, Action Oriented |
Slow with frequent need to recharge |
As others need it to be |
Slower |
Fast, passionate |
Intentional & methodic |
Attentive to rhythms of the world |
Intentional & prescribed by rites |
Predictible & regulated |
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| Emotion: |
Passionate about the cause |
Detached from things & the world |
Compassionate & gentle |
Adoring God |
Joy-filled & optomistic |
Reserved & reasoned |
Awed & captured by beauty |
Aborsed by sensory input |
Warm to the past, more action |
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& less passion oriented |
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| Structure: |
Organized around the cause |
Simplicity, avoids distractions |
People focused |
Always being present to & with God |
Free-spirited & flexible |
Orderly & systematic |
Set in order by God's creation |
Symbols, signs, etc. used to draw |
Needs structure, creates order |
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close to God & experience God |
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| World: |
Wants to bring righteousness to it |
Removed from it |
Working to help those who need it |
Sees God in everything |
Sees it as a party |
Sees us needing the right knowledge |
Loves creation |
Connected to God |
Connected especially to past but |
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and make it better |
enjoy the monastic style |
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to grow, flourish, & deal with wrong |
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also to present through rituals |
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| Worship is: |
Rejuivating time & rally for right |
Plain with few distractions |
To empower us for service & to |
A personal time to gaze into |
A celebration |
Proper, predictable & respectful |
Best when outdoors |
Uses senses to experience the |
Formal, sacramental & possibly |
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Often silent, meditation |
connect us relationally |
God's face |
Filled with emotion & passion |
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majesty & wonder of God |
ritualistic, high use of symbols |
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| Prayer is: |
Source of strength & focus |
Listening for God's revelation |
For others, secondarily |
Listening for God's personal |
Creatively done & with emotion |
Steady & controlled |
Poetic or creatively offered |
With icons or methods that involve |
Regular, ritualistic, often written |
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to take action, "life is the prayer" |
message |
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done as taught |
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the senses (movement, holding cross) |
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| Knowledge: |
Gained to bring reform, advance the cause, |
Stress action above words; don't |
Focused on how to best care for |
Scripture is a love letter (as are other |
Experience is valued over reason |
Prized & sought after |
Drawn from nature's revelations |
Obtained through sense experiences |
God is known through Scripture |
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reinforce the vision |
just study but do something |
others & gain encouragement |
things in the world): very personal |
enjoys the mystery of God |
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Keeper of truth, seen in symbols |
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| Relationships: |
Built with those valuing the cause; |
Solitude & silence valued; Seeks internal |
Sees Christ in others; seeks support |
Individual time with God is needed |
Values the community of faith & |
Fellow students |
Co-habitators on planet, links with |
Drawn to those who value the arts, |
Connect as the Body of Believers |
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Can be challenging to those not as |
existence but is gentle with others |
in providing care |
more than time with others |
celebrating together |
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those who value nature |
and "experiences" |
& Great Cloud of Witnesses |
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"committed" to the cause |
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| Service: |
Done around the cause; |
Endures hardships to show love for |
Primary focus is on needs of others |
Not purpose driven but God driven, |
Expects God to do great things as |
Well thought-out & determined by |
Done to help & advance |
Does acts prescribed in Scripture |
Does what brings meaning over |
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willing to give personal sacrifice |
God, can overlook service to focus |
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focuses on intimacy with others, |
we build His Kingdom |
commands of Scripture |
God's good earth |
& that are tangible |
"success", sacrifice valued |
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on personal piety, values hard work |
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wanting everyone to know depth with God |
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Rev. Stephen Wallace & Dr. Myra Perrine |
