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Harmony Way

Before You Walk

Audio Guide Instructions

If you’d like to take notes throughout this session, make sure to download and/or print the PDF journal before you head out. The beginning walk will define what is meant by the Harmony Way and show what it looks like to live in Harmony with God.

Welcome to Via Divina: Harmony Way. If you’ve participated in past walks, these audio guides will be familiar. If you are new to Via Divina, we want to set the stage well for you to walk with your head, heart, and body ready to be present to God.

Each walk begins with a reading from scripture or some music. We invite you to use this time to quiet yourself as you begin walking in your neighborhood, campus, or local nature path.

Along the way you will hear readings from scripture using the First Nations Version (FNV). The FNV is a dynamic equivalence translation that captures the simplicity, clarity, and beauty of Native storytellers in English while remaining faithful to the original language of the New Testament. The names you will hear for the Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - are often different from what we are used to hearing, yet they refer to the same God revealed in the pages of Scripture: Father(Creator, Great Spirit, Grandfather); Jesus (Creator Sets Free); Holy Spirit (Holy Spirit).

In addition to the scripture readings and stories from Indigenous followers of Jesus, each walk includes practices that engage your whole person – heart, mind, and body – to become present to God.

Blessings on your journey.

 

The Walk


 

Visio Divina

Visio divina — divine seeing — is an ancient prayer practice inviting us to use our eyes to lead us in contemplation about God and enter into prayer with him. Visio divina invites us to engage with God using our minds, our imaginations, and our hearts. Many of us “live in our heads,” so it’s helpful to be led into exercises which engage all of who we are.

Visio Divina Instructions

This work is part of an installation called Altars of Reconciliation. These pieces express diverse, individual faith experiences of three Southeastern Native artists who practice Christianity. Each “altar” depicts ongoing personal reconciliation between the artist and God, with awareness of the complex history of Christianity among Southeastern tribes and the mystery of faith that transcends it.

Questions

  • What do you see? Does this image evoke any emotions? What do you like or dislike? Why? What questions do you have?
  • What stands out? How does the artist use color, light, style, composition, and material?
  • How does this image relate to the scripture and stories from the walk today?
  • What is God’s invitation? How might this image help you pray today?

Erin Shaw. As a Chickasaw-Choctaw artist, she creates in a state of tension, suspended between two worlds where both solemnity and humor pervade her art. http://www.erinshawart.com

 

  • Notes & Credits



    • Scripture

      • Psalm 42
      • Luke 15:11-24

    • Voices


    • Music

      • Harmony Way Intro — Vocals by Wanda Whiteman & Moriah Leschke, arranged by Benny Wollin

        Translated Lyrics:
        Jesus, We rejoice
        To gather together with you,
        You have called us.
        "I am the way," you say to us.
        Lead us well in your way!

        Traditional Cheyenne melody, lyrics by John Heap of Birds, 1894-1966

      • Sunrise — Rainsong (Terry and Darlene Wildman)
      • Gentle Rain — Rainsong
      • Butterfly Flutterby — Rainsong
      • Sacred Warrior — Rainsong
      • Purify Us — Jonathan Maracle
      • Daybreak — Rainsong
      • Waves in the Desert — Rainsong
      • Harmony Way Outro - Arranged by Benny Wollin

    • Credits

      • Creative team
        • Josh Harper
        • Jamie Noyd
        • Matt O’Leary
        • Tom Sharp
        • Tim Webster
      • Advisors
        • Scott Bessenecker
        • Ceidric Platero
        • Kathy Tuan-McLean
        • Randy Woodley
        • Native InterVarsity Leadership Team
          • Megan Krischke
          • Sarah Devanay
          • Amy Phillips
          • Moanikeʻala Nanod-Sitch
          • Tim Webster
          • Terry Wildman
      • Hosts
        • Matt O’Leary
        • Moanikeʻala Nanod-Sitch
      • Audio Guide Production
        • Josh Harper
      • Web App Development
        • Adri Fonteijn
        • Nate Smith
      • Design
        • Gary Nauman – Graphic Designer
        • Tim Webster
      • Journal
        • Dan Kane
        • Julie Meissner
        • Jamie Noyd
        • Nate Smith
      • Communication/Administration
        • Bekah Estrada
        • Myra Koontz
        • Aria Levin
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