Gina N. Brown

Wonder Wow this journal assignment brings back memories of some amazing experiences. 1. An experience of wonder that you had outside of ministry, whether as a child or more recently. My earliest personal memory of God was as a little child at prayer time.  Prayer time for me was like the opening of wonderland. I would say my prayers then climb into bed, yet it was if I was let out to play.  Saying my prayers, at night, initiated play time for me and Jesus/God.  The specifics are not clear, but the overarching feeling was comfort, value, belonging and acceptance.  The way God looked at me and indulged me I knew I was loved and prized. God and I played long, we played hard.  We would run and jump, play in the dirt, play marbles roll down grassy hills and pick wild flowers yet I was in bed.  Play time with God was amazing. This experience with God is dear and precious to me and shared hardly ever. Many years later when I encountered that sense again I knew I found my home /

Instructions From the Syllabus: “At the Intersection of Time and Eternity” Practice. Reflect on the themes of the Church Year by connecting them to your own life and experience. As we discuss each liturgical season in turn (Easter, Christmas, Ordinary Time), find an artistic element—an image, a photograph, a song, a poem, a painting, a piece of music or sculpture—that sheds light on that season for you, at this moment. In other words, begin with your own experience of intersection between God’s time and your time. Then write a brief prayer such as you might use (along with the artistic element itself) in a service of worship at CTS, to invite worshipers deeper into the season and their own lives’ intersections. Submit both prayer and photo/recording of your artistic element on Moodle. Do three submissions total, one for each season.   A note: Is designed to help you develop your seeing and describing muscles—this time, at the intersection of human experience and t