“Can I be a Christian without joining the church?”
Answer: Yes, it is as possible as being:
A student who will not go to school.
A soldier who will not join an army.
A citizen who does not pay taxes or vote.
A salesman with no customers.
An explorer with no base camp.
A seaman on a ship without a …
Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement. He is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from the ground floor – that is the only way out of a …
Activity
This is like normal charades, but the items to be pantomimed are different emotions. Do not announce this beforehand, but let the groups figure it out for themselves. The person who guesses the emotion gets a point.
Some suggested emotions that can be used are: anger, fear, happy, nervous, bored, bitter, overwhlemed, depressed, at peace, embarassed, loved, proud, detached, …
Game Description
In this variation of soccer or international football, youth are bound together with 3 other persons to play the game.
Game Materials
Soccerball (football) and collored strips of cloth to distinguish between teams. You may also use colored armbands or baseball caps to differentiate teams.
Optimal Group Size
Ideally a minimum of 16 persons on each team. If …
It is precisely when every earthly hope has been explored and found wanting, when every possibility of help from earthly sources has been sought and is not forthcoming, when every recourse this world offers, moral as well as material, has been drawn on and expended with no effect, when in the shivering cold every stick of wood has been thrown …
Game Description
In this classic variation of hide-and-seek, youth search for the hidden persons and then join them in their hiding place.
Game Materials
None
Optimal Group Size
Any size group.
Game Venue
Preferrable a large facility with lots of places to hide.
Game Preparation
None
Game Play
Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening spontaneous combustion had broken out in the film room. Within minutes all the packing compounds, celluloid for records …
When an old farmer was asked about his spiritual well being, he described his Christian experience by saying, “Well, I’m not making much progress, but I’m well-established!” One spring when he was hauling some logs, his wagon wheels sank down to the axles in mud. He tried everything he could, but he couldn’t remove the wagon from of the mud. …
Game Description
In this classic simulation game, youth learn that not everything has to be an “I win” “you lose” scenario. It can be win-win.
Game Materials
About 20 slips of paper, 2 pencils, sweets
Optimal Group Size
Minimum of 8 youth
Game Venue
Can be played just about anywhere.
Game Preparation
(You may want to put these on a …
As the eagle soars in the endless blue,
Its shadow races after it, far below.
Yet space does not divide: bird and shadow are linked.
So too each act—each choice and consequence.
Source: Jigme Lingpa – Tibet, 18th Century