Comments on: Fine Tuning http://ymcafe.org/2008/01/19/fine-tuning/ A discussion forum for all things youth ministry... Join in! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Jason http://ymcafe.org/2008/01/19/fine-tuning/#comment-402 Jason Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:29:33 +0000 http://ymcafe.org/2008/01/19/fine-tuning/#comment-402 'Appreciation' is a rich concept. It has to do with color, taste, sound, subtlety, nuance--it's a receptivity born of years of reception and wonder. Wouldn't it be amazing to have such an appreciation of Scripture that we savored it like a connoisseur savors wine, swirling it, sniffing it, sipping it, enjoying being in its presence and engaging its subtlety and nuance? It makes me wonder what kind of finely-tuned teachers and spiritual directors we would become if we did so. "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" -Psalm 119:103 ‘Appreciation’ is a rich concept. It has to do with color, taste, sound, subtlety, nuance–it’s a receptivity born of years of reception and wonder. Wouldn’t it be amazing to have such an appreciation of Scripture that we savored it like a connoisseur savors wine, swirling it, sniffing it, sipping it, enjoying being in its presence and engaging its subtlety and nuance? It makes me wonder what kind of finely-tuned teachers and spiritual directors we would become if we did so.

“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
-Psalm 119:103

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