Oh what a night!

Our Daily Bread
There are many pop songs that talk about a great night had by the singer or the band.  There was some party or the songwriter met a girl or even the night the lights went out in Georgia!  ha!

On Christmas Eve, we are observing the Night of Nights.  We celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Oh what a night!  There were angels.  There were shepherds!  There was the drama of no room at the inn.  There was a virgin having the baby king in the humblest of surroundings.  While we think of our own busy plans for Christmas Eve, let us think of that first Christmas Eve.

Lord, we look forward to your birth even though it happened 2000 years ago.  Please help us to always look to you!

Teaching Tuesday
We are still in our interlude from the primary study books this week.  We read two articles from our Reading and Reflection Guide: The Spiritual Person by Urban T. Homes and The Sanctification of Time and Life (from the EFM previous materials).

The Spiritual Person
This was an interesting article about the term spirituality and what it means to be spiritual.  There were many myths dispelled.  There were some things that I didn't really agree with, but I can respect his opinion.  What did I get out of the article?  I like his proposition that spirituality is "a disposition and a potentiality for " a relationship with God.  A key is the awareness of a transcendent gift of knowledge.  God transcends our ability to understand him.  We can through purposeful awareness and prayer can have a relationship with him.  Pretty amazing stuff!

The Sanctification of Time and Life 
The article explained the cyclical nature of time and life from the Hebrew culture and how it affected the worship and life of the modern church.  I wasn't that familiar with much of the content since my upbringing didn't follow this cyclical approach as strictly.  It helped me learn about why we do some of the things we do in the Episcopal Church.

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Trusting God’s faithfulness dispels our fearfulness. - Our Daily Bread web site