A Season of Waiting
Vivian Carter, November 26, 2011
Crieff Hills Retreat Centre
- THE PERPETUAL PRAYER BOOK (A booklet cut into three sections – horizontally - with three parts to a prayer – one part on each third of each page.)
- SPIRIT OF WAITING - LOCATOR WHEEL (Draw a circle. Draw pie slices like spokes in a wheel. In the slices, write or draw the things that you are waiting for in life.)
- ONE SYLLABLE WORD – POEMS (Using only one syllable words write a sentence describing your own circumstances.)
- FINGER LABYRINTH (Draw your own! Look on the Internet for many different patterns.) http://www.yfc.co.uk/labyrinth/online.html# http://www.lostinwonder.org.uk/labyrinth.htm
- DEFINITION VISION (If we were able to look up your name in the dictionary what would it say? How would you want to be defined?)
- “SmoKe and SaLt” A Literary Theological Art Journal (Using this resource as a reflective tool, ask how might I use art, photography, or the written word to reflect spiritually?)
Suggested Recourses - Internet
“1000 Awesome Things” - http://1000awesomethings.com/
“Come Sit By My Fire” Blog - http://comesitbymyfire.blogspot.com/
“Do Nothing for Two Minutes” - http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/
Don Shields’ Blog, “Observations of Life ~ Seeing Soulfully”
Experiencing life through the lens of a Markham Chaplain’s digital camera and his observations in the form of poems and prose. Image and reflection at its spiritual best!
http://e-shields.blogspot.com/
“Follow Your Bliss” Compass (interactive) - http://www.oneletterwords.com/bliss/
iSerenity – Online relaxation sound streaming - http://www.iserenity.com/environments/
Joyce Rupp, “The Circle of Life” and “The Cosmic Dance” - http://www.joycerupp.com/
Joyce Rupp, “A Prayer to Be Free From Tizzies” -http://www.joycerupp.com/ordinary.html#tizzies
Joyce Rupp, “The Perfect Cup” - http://www.joycerupp.com/cupofourlife.html
Life Interview Questions - http://www.legacyproject.org/guides/lifeintquestions.pdf
Macrina Wiederkehr’s Blog. http://www.stscho.org/macrina-wiederkehr/
Spiritual Direction with Vivian Carter
http://spiritualdirectionwithviviancarter.blogspot.com/
SmoKe and SaLt: lyrical art and dappled shadows, literary art journal
http://smokeandsalt.blogspot.com/
Books
“This is Not a Book”, by Keri Smith, Penguin Group (U.S.A.), 2009
“Fabulous Friendship Festival”, by SARK, Three Rivers Press: New York, 2007
“No Death, No Fear”, by Thich Nhat Hanh, Riverhead Books: New York, 2002
Prayer and Practice
“Praying Our Goodbyes”, by Joyce Rupp, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame: Indiana, 1988
“The Flowering of the Soul: A Book of Prayers by Women”, edited by Lucinda Vardey
“Wellsprings: A Book of Spiritual Exercises”, by Anthony de Mello, Image – Doubleday: New York, 1986
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