A form of group and personal discernment using the stories of our own encounters with God and how they tie into God’s broader story as revealed in Scripture and the history of faith. How is our story a part of God’s story?
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
The counterpart to the Radical Welcome, which too often assumes that one controls the welcoming environment or space, and, as such, creates a power differential. Radical Yes is the practice of saying Yes unequivocally to the invitation of the other into their space, therefore taking the role of the guest and ceding power to the other. It also opens up an opportunity to think about hospitality differently. How do we, as guests, extend hospitality to our hosts?
Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ Luke 10: 5-9
Discernment Huddles are a Lydian group-based spiritual practice designed to attune both group and person to the activity of the Holy Spirit in our midst and in the world. These weekly or bi-weekly gatherings help Lydians recognize and claim the gifts God has given us, understand how we can use these gifts to participate in God’s work in the world, and learn to trust to answer God’s call to mission without delay.
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. John 16:13