WEEK TWO: Blogging!

Dear Lent Study Folk

I hope you are finding this "Three Simple Rules for Christian Living" study as provocative as I am finding it. Since I am also reading and reflecting in light of the scriptures for each Sunday, I'm feeling extra-challenged, I guess, by what the "gospel" has to do with how I live my life, in relation to God and relation to each of you, the church, the community, and the world.

My hope with this blog was that it would provide something of a forum for dialog, discussion, questions, reflections, and sharing of prayers between our class meetings. Also, as a way for those who miss a class to touch base with the rest of us.

So, I see this blog functioning in two ways:
(1) building a community of learners - learning is at the core of what it means to be a disciple (student), and even Psalm 1 holds up the benefits of learning, studying, etc. As an educator, I'm pretty convinced (along with Jesus, Jean Piaget, John Dewey, Paulo Freire, Amy and Miles Horton, and tons of other educators) that learning and meaning making best take place in community and in dialogue). So that is one function I hope this blog serves.
(2) resource sharing - i hope also that we can use this blog as a place to share resources.

To participate in this blog, you can click on "comments" under any post and add your own thoughts or comments. If you create an account (through g-mail) then you can also create your own posts. I don't "own" this, it's our "community" blog!

I hope you find this helpful.

Your sister on the journey, Desi