Michael
As a group we have tried doing a “spiritual reflection” blog this
week. We have just thought about things that we have done this week, and then
tried to look at that through the eyes of a religious person to see how they
may interpret the world around us, and what happens to us, in a religious
manner.
Katya
This
week I visited my first school concert. People get up on stage and
using instruments or their voices they create music. It takes a lot of trust to
be able to perform with people. To rely that they will add the right beat where
needed and not fail. It takes faith and it's nice to see a group of people
joining to listen to something they appreciate. It reminded me of a church or
mosque where families and friends gather to respect what they believe in.
Clare
This
week I have visited the school chapel twice for pause for thought and our
weekly chapel service. We learnt some lovely hymns and joined together as a
school to present our faithfulness towards God.
I
played in a netball match for my club, we worked well as a team and had
determination just like the determination we have at school during lessons,
games and chapel and we support each other all the time, It’s a great feeling!
I love the things I do during the week because of the people I am with, they
make it very happy and put a smile on my face whenever i think about it, I think
this should be the lifestyle of many more people and more would be happy.
Patrick
In
the last week, I have had an extremely strange time. Sometimes there have been
very happy moments, like being with friends in my house, another house,
activities or even outside of school. But then there have been sad moments
as well. Going too far into a joke and ending up in someone’s else’s bad books
for a while, losing 4 whole pounds just because I didn't take it upon myself to
just find a decent wallet.
I
wouldn't say I been the best that I can be, but I don't think that God is
punishing for being too far past the boundaries of a joke or being careless
with my pocket money. In my opinion He is always ready to forgive, you just
have to be ready to forgive yourself.
Kate P
On Saturday
I went to go and see "war horse" with a few friends, war horse is
about the first world war, part of the film shows us the men in the trenches in
the Battle of the Somme, we see them run out to their death both trying to kill
the others, we see the pain that they are inflicting on each other, when it is
not their fight to have, After we see that terrible seen both trenches notice a
horse in "no man’s land" and a man from both sides go out to save the
horse, a German soldier and British soldier meet in the middle, they helped
free the horse from the wire, they helped each other out, they were vowed enemies
they were taught to hate each other, yet they didn’t want to, I think that this
represents religious behaviour towards each other, they treated each other properly,
and were friendly too, I think that is what religion from an ethics point of
view is all about, to treat others as you'd like to be treated, a golden rule
in most religions, shown when i went to go and see war horse.
Aaron
Last week I
found a penny on the floor. I feel that this is God rewarding me. But in other
circumstances I got in trouble with some of my teachers so I feel that this is
God trying to warn me. Good things and bad things happen to everyone
Hugh
Johnston
For the past term my DT project had failed to work
at a started that I deemed satisfactory, and despite many attempts it still did
not work but only yesterday the 16th January my project worked. This
in its self could be a teaching from god to state that if you persist at a task
and stay determined to follow it through you will be rewarded. Through many
teachings of jesses he states that you should never give up on anything whether
it be faith or a simple task.
Louisa
To think what we
have compared to others, it is a privilege, our school, friends and family all
help each other along our way in life. But God helps us from a different
perspective. He encourages us and helps us do what we can to our best standard,
he sometimes shows this through yourself, your actions, and maybe through
others. Good and bad happens to everyone and it could lead to God praising you
or me. For example, I might have won a match, maybe God has rewarded me and the
others in the team from our hard working actions, or I might of failed a French
test as something I have done has made God punish me. Everything we do God is
watching and rewarding and punishing us to move on forward in life.
Max
On Saturday I
participated in a hockey match against Stowe, the final score was 8-0. To me
the loss was due to us not being prepared enough or experienced enough. A
religious person may think our loss was due to us not following the 10
commandments. e.g. we used God’s name in vain. A Muslim may think that we
hadn't prayed 5 times that day or a Hindu may have thought that we had
forgotten to comb our hair properly.
Emily
A few
weeks ago my godmother had a baby. This baby was a gift to her from God and is
a new life and brings joy to her that was sent from God. Also the baby could be
a reward to her if she has been particularly holy and performed selfless and
good deeds. God has sent her the baby and has bought happiness and has started
a new chapter of her life.
Katy B
When
I look around, at the world I see a beautiful place; full of different animals
and different cultures. I don't know if I believe in God or if I’m religious,
but some people believe God made the universe and everything around us. For me
I don’t; I think its science but I love the idea that people do believe this
and everybody has a different view. My belief has become even stronger recently
due to all the talk of the hicksboson. I don't see in my eyes God and the creation
of the big bang, being able to both be possible, as i know believe that in
religion there was no big bang God created the world in 6 days. :)
Tobi
Last
Monday I tried a new food for the first time. I had checked everything about it
to check whether it would be Ok for me with my allergies. It seemed to be fine.
I think God showed me that I could explore more new foods that could be Ok for
me. I tried it, it tasted amazing but I had to wait and see whether I reacted
with it! I waited a while and I was fine! This shows me
that I should be more adventurous and try more foods more often!
Holly
Last
week my boiler broke down, and we had no heating in our house, apart from a
stove fire downstairs, which only heated the sitting room. Luckily we have an
electric oven and stove, so we could still cook the food. but I think this was
God’s way of showing me, what it would be like to be one of the poorer people
in the world, for example people who live in slums in Africa. Also because I
always have it I take it for granted, so it was a way to show me how to be more
grateful for what I have. and now I have it back i am very grateful for it and
respect more for how my parents have worked to get us where we are today
Ella
This week, just like any other,
differs from the rest as far as Spiritual Being goes. God has given us the
cold and has shown us how much we appreciate the warm. However, the temperature
is also a Blessing - the beautiful frosts and frozen trees create such a
wonderful scene that is worth being cold just to see it
Emily C
When I go to
an art gallery and see the big paintings I see the the lightness in one area
and the darkness in the other the light area shows the good thing in life and
the dark area shows bad thing, but without the dark the light would not be so
bright. This shows that without the bad things in life then all the good things
would not be in perspective
Abi
When
I saw the stars last night I thought……. wow, God has made an amazing place that
we always take for granted. Not often we get to appreciate the world we live in
and yesterday i accidently stood on a flower, this made me feel really bad as
it was like I am destroying gods beauty that he worked so hard to make. Because
of this, tomorrow I plan to plant a new flower to make up for the flower i
destroyed yesterday. As i believe every living thing (even flowers!)
should have a chance to prosper and shine.
Rosa
This
week as I was being pushed out of the dinner queues I started to think how
big food is in everyone`s lives and cultures.
For
example how most people measure there time in meals for example how staving
African school children count down the hours till they get a morsel of food; or
how a student stares impatiently at the clock waiting for the lunch bell
to go. How Muslims have to fast for thirty days once every year
until Ramadan or how Hindu's aren't allowed to eat beef.
Christians years ago used to be
as strict as Muslims or Hindu's when they refused to eat meat on a
Sunday or even before Jesus was born when we used to have Sabbaths. When
Jesus was alive he told people not to fast on Sabbaths so technically
it would mean that if Jesus was never born or if we had a different
messiah a lot things nowadays would be different (not just on the
culinary approach). For example we could be as strict as other religions and be
fasting or praying frequently at set times of the day
Emma
I
have spent this week eating chocolate biscuits, gaining weight (from eating
chocolate biscuits), playing the flute, wondering how I will manage to mess up
my piece in the woodwind concert (from inability to play the flute), deciding
that I will mess up my piece due to energy taking teachers in the woodwind
concert, wondering how to get rid of an annoying teacher who has wondered into
flute group who nobody wants there, trying to work out what to do about the
energy taking proportion of the planet ie well over half of it, deciding that I
should just leave it to karma unless I think of something else (which is
unlikely).
A
religious person would probably look at my life and assume that I am on some
kind of drugs or have a serious mental disorder. But I don't, and a more
switched on religious person would realise that I'm just trying to sort
out people’s lives, and if that means kicking them off the planet then so be
it. The evidence they would have for this is that I am trying to decide whether
or not I can save the world. They may suggest that a stronger connection with
God may help this, but I would completely disagree. Just because I don't spend
all my time in churches does not mean that I do not have a strong enough
connection with God. God is in everything and this means that God is our world
(or at least the part of it we haven't messed up).
