Tuesday, January 22, 2013
St. James Field Trip
After going on the field trip to St. James I can honestly say that I took a lot from it. One thing main thing that I got from going on this field trip is different ways that people analyze and interpet scripture. It is interesting to see people from different background and life experiences have different interpretations than yourself. Whenever someone does analyze scripture in this way you can see the main idea that is attempting to be shown here. I learned something that actually made me take a figurative step back and think. Mr. London talked about that the only one way to see what you look like is by looking at other people. At first I was puzzled by what he was attempting to say but as he went on it made sense. He discussed that the way people look at you is what you are inside. If you are a caring person it can be seen and other people can let you know that. I am not sure if I made it make sense in this but hopefully I did. This experience did motivate me to contribute to my larger community. It made me want to get involved with people like this. I feel like there is this negative connotation that goes with people that go to bible studies and are all gung ho on religion, but they really aren't that bad. They may be strong willed in what they believe but they are nice, good people.
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Hey Chuck, I enjoyed reading your blog. Thank you for sharing what Mr. London said to you, it makes a lot of sense to me. I think its important that we don't forget that our actions show what we are truly like as a person. The meeting definitely gave me a different perspective on bible studies also. I've been to bible studies before, but we didn't actually take apart every piece of the scripture like we did at the Action in Faith meeting. I, too think that it was an enriching experience.
ReplyDeleteChuck, We were talking in my group about how the widow had faith to put in all she had and that God would sill take care of her. One lady in my group said she had grown up very poor. She told us, "when you don't have anything else, you HAVE to have faith." This really made an impression on me. I've never known poverty of any kind. I've always had more than enough since I was born. Lots of time, faith has been something I have AFTER I have everything else I need. This really opened my eyes. Deacon deGravelles
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