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week of March 7, 2020
What is Sacred?
Here’s a fun exercise. Run down the items in the columns below and figure where you think each should appear on the line. Are they more secular or more sacred? Then fill in the blank with the number. (There are no “right” or “wrong” answers.)
Secular 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 Sacred
PEOPLE
___ Beyonce
___ Mother Teresa
___ Harvey Weinstein
___ Kate Middleton
___ Oprah Winfrey
___ Donald Trump
___ Bernie Sanders
___ Take 6
___ Brian Starr
___ Barry Black
___ Greta Thunberg
___ Pope Francis
___ Cristiano Ronaldo
___ Ted Wilson
___ Mary, mother of Jesus
“
I can more easily see our Lord sweeping the streets of London, than issuing edicts from its cathedral
.
”
Dick Sheppard
“
There is a sacredness
in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but
of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love
.”
Washington Irving
TOPICS
___ education
___ humor
___ Super Tuesday
___ Peter
___ Judas
___ travel
___ travel in the Holy Land
___ music
___ General Conference session ___ perfection
___ weather
___ sex
___ L. A. Lakers
___ coronavirus
___ money
OBJECTS
___ rock
___ tree
___ television set
___ paintbrush
___ cow
___church sanctuary
___church sanctuary carpet
___ electric guitar
___ electric organ
___ Facebook
___ cross
___ wedding ring
___ black stone of Mecca
___ Bible
___ Bible concordance
Questions:
1. Did your views on what is sacred and secular depend at all on your likes and dislikes?
2. Did this quiz make you think twice about what is “spiritual”? Any surprises?
3. Compare your answers with those around you in the pews. Why do differences exist?
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