Day 120: Meekness

Daily Sheet: Day 120: Meekness

Family Book: “Lights On the River”

Family Book: “Voices from the Fields”

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Travel: Panama; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Honduras

Video: “Stephen” – Andru Bemis

 

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Day 119: Groundedness

Daily Sheet: Day 119: Groundedness

Family Book: “Migrant”

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Travel: Colombia

Video: “Home from Home” – Roo Panes

Song: “This Cup” – Sara Groves

Video: “I Am Mountain” – Gungor (official music video)

 

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Day 118: Beauty

Daily Sheet: Day 118: Beauty

Family Book: “The Beautiful World that God Made”

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Travel: Ecuador; Galapagos Islands

Video: “Jesus, You’re Beautiful” – Sara Groves (with lyrics)

 

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Day 117: Modesty

Daily Sheet: Day 117: Modesty

Family Book: “If I Built a Car”

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Travel: Argentina, Chile, Peru

Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (story behind the song)

Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (live acoustic performance)

 

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Day 97: Tolerance

Daily Sheet: Day 97: Tolerance

Family Book: “The Relatives Came”

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Travel: Seychelles; Mauritius

Song: “When It Was Over” – Sara Groves (with lyrics)

Oh love wash over a multitude of things, love wash over a multitude of things, love wash over a multitude of things; Make us whole.

There is love that never fails; There is a healing that always prevails; There is a hope that whispers a vow, a promise to stay while we’re working it out, so come with your love and wash over us.

Questions:

  • What are some different meanings of the word “tolerance”?
  • What is the difference between tolerance and acceptance?
  • What are some things we should not tolerate?  Why not?
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Day 85: Community

Daily Sheet: Day 85: Community

Family Book: “A Place Called Freedom”

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Travel: French Guiana; Suriname; Guyana

Video: “Peace” – Rich Mullins (Faces of 2010)

Though we’re strangers, still I love you.  I love you more than your mask.  And you know you have to trust this to be true, and I know that’s much to ask.  But lay down your fears, come and join this feast.  He has called us here, you and me.

And may peace rain down from Heaven like little pieces of the sky, Little keepers of the promise falling on these souls this drought has dried.  In His Blood and in His Body, in the Bread and in this Wine,

Peace to you.  Peace of Christ to you.

And though I love you, still we’re strangers, prisoners in these lonely hearts.  And though our blindness separates us, still His light shines in the dark.

And His outstretched arms are still strong enough behind these prison bars to set us free.

So may peace rain down from Heaven like little pieces of the sky, Little keepers of the promise falling on these souls this drought has dried.  In his Blood and in His Body, in the Bread and in this Wine,

Peace to you.  Peace of Christ to you.

Video: “Call It Dreaming” – Iron & Wine

…Where we break when our hearts are strong enough, We can bow ’cause our music’s warmer than blood.

Where we see enough to follow, We can hear when we are hollow.

Where we keep the light we’re given, We can lose and call it living…

Questions:

  • Discuss community as it relates to two similar words: communion, and unity
  • What do you think is meant by the following line?

Where we keep the light we’re given, we can lose and call it living.

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Day 82: Strength

Daily Sheet: Day 82: Strength

Family Book: “I Lay My Stitches Down”

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Travel: Sierra Leone; Guinea; Liberia

Video: “We Are Not as Strong As We Think We Are” – Rich Mullins (acoustic, Wheaton College 1997)

Video: “Please Be My Strength” – Gungor (live acoustic version)

 

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Day 81: Courage

Daily Sheet: Day 81: Courage

Family Book: “They Called Her Molly Pitcher”

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Travel: Louisiana; Arkansas

Song: “Song For My Sons” – Sara Groves

“Your dad and I pray for strength and understanding for things we couldn’t see or comprehend.”

Song: “Sing for the Wind” – Roo Panes

“Love’s the journey of a lifetime, and where you finish isn’t where you start.”

Questions:

  • What is the difference between bravery and courage?
  • Why do you think the story of Gabriel speaking to Mary was chosen for “Courage”?
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Day 80: Bravery

Daily Sheet: Day 80: Bravery

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 “Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
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“Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909”
“Inch by Inch”

Travel: Guinea-Bissau

Questions:

  • What is the time interval between Lewis Hine’s photography the shirtwaist makers’ strike?
  • Lewis and Clara were both interested in helping make things change.  How did their methods differ?

*** Film Festival Note:  Watch it ahead of time.  It will require discussion.  

Video: “Sing for the Wind” – Roo Panes (Dance)

Hymn: “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” – Fernando Ortega

Video: Audrey Assad speaks about the story behind her song, “Even Unto Death”

Video: “Even Unto Death” – Audrey Assad

Song: “I Won’t Be Afraid Anymore” – Nomos (I can’t find it online for listening, but here is a link for the album — which is all good!)  “I Won’t Be Afraid Anymore” – Nomos

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