{"id":126,"date":"2009-09-28T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T00:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saintmartins.org\/childrensministry-blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2009-09-28T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T00:49:18","slug":"trees-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bouncingonthebread.com\/blog\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Trees Walking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I realize I&#8217;ve been practicing Godly Play so long, that I crave the debriefing process of the &#8220;I wonder&#8221; questions. I also know that for most folks reading this, I might as well have said, &#8220;Blah, blah, blah.&#8221; An &#8220;I wonder&#8221; question in Godly Play is an open ended question that serves as a tool for spiritual direction after a story. There are no right or wrong answers, but instead it guides the questioned to look inside themselves for where the Spirit is guiding.<\/p>\n<p>The Story was epic. On Saturday night, I heard the entire Gospel of Mark from beginning to end&#8211;live and from the heart of Dr. Phil Ruge-Jones. I&#8217;ve heard it and read it and heard it again&#8211;in pieces. But to hear it in one voice from beginning to end is&#8211;well, epic. So let me wonder&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I wonder what was your favorite part?&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I loved the beginning with Jesus&#8217; baptism&#8211;and then the recollection of Baptism with that mysterious youth at the garden of Gethsemane and then again at the resurrection&#8211;what&#8217;s up with that anyway?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I loved that every time Jesus fed a crowd, whether Jews, Gentiles or disciples&#8211;he blessed the bread and broke it and shared with those gathered.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The story of Legion is always hilarious, that is until you think of the reeking mess of pigs that went over the cliff.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The part about the man carried by four men to the crowded house that Jesus was preaching&#8211;only to not be able to get in. So his friends carry him to the roof, make a hole and lower him down. Wow&#8211;the imagery&#8211;carried like the Ark of the Covenant and lowered into the house as if through some sacred oculus&#8211;a paralytic. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>But I suppose, my favorite part was the blind man, only after the second try at healing by Jesus does he see. The first try the man can only see &#8220;trees walking&#8221; instead of people. What a puzzle and yet perhaps the way my perception is most of the time&#8211;fuzzy. I wish I had something like Dumbledore&#8217;s penseive, to grab thoughts, memories and insights fast, before they blur.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>I wonder what was the most important part?&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Surely it was <\/em><em>courageous trust. Time and time again we heard the greatness of the courageous trust. That is harder to hear when it is broken up into little pieces of lectionary. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I wonder where you are in the story?<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Often, I am Jairus. Just mentioning the name, raises goosebumps. I know Jairus so well&#8211;the privileged beggar. But this night, it was nice to give Jairus a rest. This hearing of the story placed me firmly on the hill in the crowd, just another one richly fed by the miracle. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I wondered what part could you take out and still have all the story you need?&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>It would be nice to take the intermissions out, but then they were probably necessary. Something that was easily taken out&#8211;both in the oration and reflection was the arbitrary numerical markers of chapters and verses. The telling made it one story. I reflect on &#8220;the part about the so-and-so&#8221; instead of the chapter number. So, I guess my final answer is nothing. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the many orators who carried this story in their hearts before anyone ever wrote it down. And thanks to Dr. Phil Ruge-Jones for presenting it so beautifully this past weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Keep wondering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I realize I&#8217;ve been practicing Godly Play so long, that I crave the debriefing process of the &#8220;I wonder&#8221; questions. 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