Thursday, January 25, 2007
Blogging Under the Influence (BUI)
Tonight, I'm blogging under the influence and well deserving of a (BUI). Which can mean only one thing: I've been to an emergent church gathering. Tonight was my first connection with the emergent scene in OKC--and I LOVED it!!! Being good Okies, we were a very balanced group, and I liked that. Felt very at home. Of course, the fireplace, leather chairs--not to mention the Belgium beer--helped very much in that respect. But most of all, it was the people. People who love Jesus AND are honest about the constricting confines of the "institutional church." The bias of the people tonight seemed to be to stay within your respective institution; change it from within. I, however, am rather thankful that I'm still in "institutional church" detox--a rather permanent place for me, I'm starting to believe. I feel free of the need--or perhaps it's a call--to be an "agent of change" in any institution. I feel free 2 b in okc.
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BUI that is funny. What is the examan site all about? Is that a personnal thing to write a prayer a day or something?
Hey, you're my first comment--thanks!!! It was great meeting with you and the others last night.
As for your question about the examen, it's a practice developed over 500 years ago by St. Ignatius of Loyola. For about 15 minutes in the evening, you get quiet and ask the Holy Spirit to review your day with you. You look for where you were aware of encountering God's grace and where you missed it. The desired effect of the practice is that it helps you become more aware of God's activity in your life throughout the day. It helps you see "God in all things." The end result is that it helps you realize that "life is prayer."
As for the MY EXAMEN site, it's been a hard discipline for me to do consistently. So, I thought the site would give me some badly needed accountability. Also, the fact that it's public keeps me from being bogged down in morbid introspection.
So, you might want to give it a shot. If you do, tell me what you think.
You should talk more about your "live is prayer" concept over at emergentokc. Prayer is the current topic.
I can already tell you that any periods of my life that I am more consistent in prayer/meditative type prayer goes much more smoothly. I have never tried it with a St. Ingatius's type of focus though. Maybe I will try it for lent.
Jeff, that's a great idea! Lent would be the perfect time to try out the examen. And thanks to your encouragement, I threw my hat into the prayer discusion on emergentokc. Thanks for the conversation.
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