BODY AFFIRMATION adapted by Rachel Miller Jacobs What’s the difference between an affirmation/confession of faith and a prayer? An affirmation or confession of faith is a statement we make in the presence of, but not specifically to, God and others as a way of concretely claiming something is true. A prayer is a spoken, silent, and/or physical “conversation” with God: it is addressed to God. I call this practice an affirmation because while we speak it in God’s presence, what we are saying is not specifically addressed to God. I am grounded extend arms wide overhead—orans posture my roots go deep bend from the waist and touch toes if possible! I am flexible raise arms above head and bend to the right I am resilient then bend to the left I am facing my past dropping arms to side, turn half-way around and am letting go turn the rest of the way to face the front; of what I don’t need to carry make a rolling motion with the hands, then a releasing motion I am honoring God from a bent position, straightening up with my body and soul while sweeping your hands up your body then extending back into original orans posture Adapted by Rachel Miller Jacobs from a STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience, Eastern Mennonite University http://www.emu.edu/cjp/star/) “prayer” A meal blessing for a celebration. I wrote this for a graduation party for a child from kindergarten to first grade, but it could be used or adapted for any meal celebrating a person: birthday, baptism, etc. Earthmaker and Lover of creation,
we know that this food before us has already been blessed by sun, earth, and rain. We are grateful for the hidden gifts of life in this food.* We pause for a moment to remember the sound of rain, the heat of sun, the hard work of many hands. |
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