More Ordinary Grace ~ 2

Those of us doing seminary field education in a church or other placement are required to meet once a week with a group of our peers to discuss the myriad "things that come up." Usually one of us presents a scenario from his or her experience, and then we discuss a multiplicity of issues that arise in connection with the original challenge.

Today we took a break from the usual format. We talked about all the roles involved in being a pastor, and all the roles involved in our personal lives, and then one of our professors asked us to draw our "houses," showing the four "rooms" representing our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual sides. How are we taking care of all four?

Some drew blueprint-type floor plans, some drew views from the front, and one gentlemen with some actual artistic skill drew a three dimensional representation. Quite elegant.

I won't bore you with mine except to say that my quick and mostly instinctive drawing showed a spiritual side that was spacious and wide-open to all the others and filled with cool stuff (LOTS of art)(to look at, not to do!) and my physical side was -- ummm -- the mudroom. Containing one unused yoga mat and one beat-up pair of walking shoes.

It's actually a very cool exercise. You probably need to do it quickly to get the benefit of its revealing some of what's really going on in your life, but it's definitely worth a try.

And ~ oh: Mine did have the ocean outside and three cats inside.