Spiritual director again.

This week I met again with my SD and told her about the passage I have chosen for my assignment. James 2:14-26. I have always loved the book of James for its frankly brutal honesty! Although obviously faith in and a relationship with Jesus are the *most* important things, as a nurse (we have to reflect on everything!) I'm very big on "so what?!" What does this faith DO?! I was therefore a little concerned to realise that James's teaching is basically considered to be completely at odds with that of Paul, who we have discussed in all of our group discussions so far... In any case, my SD enjoyed talking through my thoughts so far and offered me the suggestion that she really likes to take something tangible away from a sermon. We had written prayer squares in a service I had led in the summer, and she had found that really useful. It got me thinking about the second part of the assignment, which is a presentation of my exegesis.