A.R.E. Meeting for 4/28/14

Leader:  Cindi

We listened to Elsie Sechrist speak on wisdom, and read the last two sections in the Experiments book to close out the Wisdom chapter. Next week we start on Happiness. In the meantime, pick one of the last two experiments in the Experiments book. The last one seems a little more difficult and says:

 Where in your life have you honestly explored your capabilities and discovered the boundaries or limits which are unique to you (e.g., in physical exercise, areas of intellectual study, capabilities in your work, talent and skill in the home, etc.)? For those areas where you know of the boundaries which are now best for you, try living within them as best you can without any sense of inadequacy, self-criticism or comparison with others.

A.R.E. Meeting for 4/21/14

Leader:  Cindi

We finished reading the Wisdom chapter in the SFG book, and read two more sections in the Experiments book.  You can do the experiment on pages 121 or 122. If you choose the one on page 122, it is thus:

Make only those decisions which need to be made today. If you find yourself worrying about a future decision, try to reorient your attitude. Trust that when the time comes when you really will have to choose, then you will know what to do. Pray that experience and necessary guidance will be shown to you between now and the time you have to decide.

A.R.E. Meeting for 4/14/14

Leader:  Cindi

We read two more sections in the Experiments book.  You can do the experiment on page 119 or 120. If you choose the one on page 119, it is thus:

With you thoughts bring God and your spiritual ideal into one area which you may have thought was too trivial or too human for His concern. One way to do this is simply to have short periods of prayer while you are involved in that activity.

A.R.E. Meeting for 4/7/14

Leader:  Cindi

We finished the Knowledge chapter in the Experiments book, and read the first section (Introduction) of the Wisdom chapter in the SFG book. Most of the group wanted to do the last experiment from the Knowledge chapter:

 Consider the relationships in your life about which you have the most knowledge. These are probably ones of trust in which the individuals have been able to share with you deep and important things about themselves. It is likely that they are also the relationships in which you can most easily hurt the other person. For a week make a special effort to be kind – in word and action – to one of these people.