tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921656101810686948.post3094344040958595610..comments2023-09-05T09:05:29.450-04:00Comments on Everyday Simple Abundance: EbenezerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921656101810686948.post-31822913272601302532009-01-03T13:51:00.000-05:002009-01-03T13:51:00.000-05:00Hi Monica, My name is Sibyl and I am that friend o...Hi Monica, My name is Sibyl and I am that friend of Keri's. She just sent me your website and blog. I will add to the meaning of ritual because I believe that we do things with more life and passion when we know why we do them. In life at home and in ministry that are core values that shape who I am and what I do. One of those is the belief that life need agents of continuity and agents of change. The agents of continuity are those rituals that we put into our lives and to the life of our community that helps us remember who we are and to whom we belong. We usually don't take pictures of these experiences and sometimes done notice them when they get lost for whatever reason. At home they can include nighttime and morningtime rituals, prayer at meals,dad makes pancakes on Saturdays, and you fill in yours. Agents of chage are those experiences where we change the variables enough that some stress occurs and we are invited, challenged, to look at life in a new way..impacting our relationship with God, others, ourselves, and the world around us and make a new decision and then live into that new decision by new life to old agents of continuity or adopting new ones. C.S.Lewis writes, " Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of continuity and change. Without continuty there is no growth."<BR/>A Happy New Year to you. SibylAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921656101810686948.post-88759958688860418092008-12-30T23:45:00.000-05:002008-12-30T23:45:00.000-05:00Hey Monica. Typically, I'm not a big "ritual" pers...Hey Monica. Typically, I'm not a big "ritual" person. Not that I don't like them, but I tend to be too spontaneous and random to hold tight to rituals. I do however love to hear about the rituals/routines of others and learn the real meaning behind why they do them. Maybe that's part of it- if we don't know why we're doing something or don't the meaning behind a practice/ritual, we tend to just "go through the motions." I grew up going to Mass and it was just that...the motions. But now when I go to Mass, even though I don't consider myself to be Catholic any more, the liturgical proceedings and routines are really impressive. Because I think I have a better understanding of WHY I am sitting or standing or reciting a corporate prayer, etc. I appreciate the Ebenezer stones. I think that it is vey necessary for Christians to have tangible and physical and intentional means of praying to God outside of prayer itself. Happy New Year Monica. Enjoy your time with Angie.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099468566622317569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921656101810686948.post-88250622728597403152008-12-29T21:01:00.000-05:002008-12-29T21:01:00.000-05:00Excellent post/review. I recently read Keri's book...Excellent post/review. I recently read Keri's book as well and was deeply touched by the message. I'm glad I found your blog through hers.Mrs.Naz@BecomingMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425021902893463197noreply@blogger.com