24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B
Who do you say I am?
Jerome W. Berryman is known for his “Godly Play” method of reflecting on a gospel story. One of the techniques used in Godly Play is the use of “wondering questions”. I would like to use the method of wondering questions to reflect/pray with the gospel text of today.
For a full sermon on this passage (Mk 8:27-35): CLICK HERE
For a sermon on the Matthean version of the story: CLICK HERE
I wonder if Jesus’ question: “Who do people say I am” is part of a search for his own identity?
I wonder why people would relate Jesus to John the Baptist and Elijah?
I wonder if Jesus’ question: “who do you say I am” is addressed to me?
I wonder what would be […]
Author: selvam
Using the Internet for your Research
Using the Internet for your Research
(Over) simplified hints from Selvam
What is a URL?
Uniform Resource Locator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator
Wikipedia.org
It is a very useful resource to find simple definitions and explanation for almost anything under the sun. But do not copy and paste.
Be an intelligent scholar. Use the references that are used in the article.
Important: go down to the reference list and see if there is any attached pdf file and click on it.
Google.com
Today, teacher is no more the expert! Google everything!
However, as a smart scholar you should know how to make out what is a scholarly material and what is not. Try not to cite material from webpages or blogs – these are just opinions. But internet has a plenty of scholarly material.
Often scholarly files (journal articles and book chapters) are in pdf (Portable Document Format).
Step 1: To get pdf files out of the internet, google your search word + pdf
Example: mungiki pdf
Step 2: […]
Character Strengths in the Context of Christian Contemplative Practice Facilitating Recovery from Alcohol Misuse: Two Case Studies
There is an increasing interest in studying the association between spirituality and addiction, and the effect of mindfulness on recovery. There have been some attempts at exploring the mediators of the association, but seldom in the context of Christian contemplation and rarely within a single theoretical framework of psychology. This article reports two case studies from an intervention study carried out in Nairobi, Kenya, that suggest that the Christian contemplative practice has the potential to reduce alcohol misuse while facilitating the emergence of a three-dimensional religious-spirituality model involving the character strengths of self-awareness, self-regulation, humility, and leading to forgiveness, social responsibility, and social intelligence.
Selvam, S.G. (2015). Character strengths in the context of Christian contemplative practice facilitating recovery from alcohol misuse: Two case studies. The Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 17(3),190-211. DOI: 10.1080/19349637.2015.1053302.
To download the article CLICK HERE.
Post-traumatic Growth on the Road to Emmaus: Psychological reading of Lk 24:13-35
According to Tedeschi and Calhoun, trauma is a person-event complex that threatens the existing ‘schema’ that people have in their mind. After a prolonged process of ‘rumination’, the people might not want to change their schema and thus experience PTSD. Alternatively, if they accommodate or assimilate the experience into their schema, then the result is coping or resilience respectively. On the other hand, if they ‘integrate’ the adverse experience into their schema by reframing it then the outcome is wisdom.
Basing itself on Tedeschi and Calhoun’s model of posttraumatic growth, the present paper reads the story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus as a process of dealing with a traumatic experience – the death of the Messiah and the disappearance of his body. Jesus listens to their version of the […]
13. Sonntag im Jahreskreis – Lesejahr B
13. Sonntag im Jahreskreis – Lesejahr B
„Talitha, kum!“ (Mk 5, 41)
Dies ist die Geschichte einer jungen Frau, die zu früh gestorben ist. Ich lernte sie kennen, als ich als junger Priester in einer ländlichen Gegend in Tansania tätig war. Ich hatte einen Besuchsdienst für Kranke und Bettlägerige angefangen. Jeden Freitag ging eine Katechetin zum Krankenhaus und stellte eine Liste der Kranken zusammen, die einen Priester sprechen wollten. Dazu kamen die Kranken, die von der Gemeinde benannt worden waren.
Eines Tages wurden wir zu einer jungen Frau gerufen. Sie mag 18 Jahre alt gewesen sein. Ich will sie Neema nennen. Neema was bettlägerig und sprach mit sehr schwacher Stimme. Geistig aber war sie ganz wach. Vor meinem Segensgebet unterhielten wir uns ein wenig. Ich fragte sie, was ihr fehle. Sie sagte nichts, zeigte […]