What's Due?

Two (2) short responses are due by Friday, August 18, 2023.

Example: All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr (2014)

#1 Six-Word Response

"See the sea through me now."

#2 Reflection

Choose ONE question to answer using complete sentences and thoughts. There are no right or wrong interpretations. Your responses will remain anonymous.

1. Explain why or why not your book characterizes “discipleship” in the broadest sense of the word. Describe examples of discipleship from your selection. 

2. We do not instantly recognize ourselves as being “disciples.” It may take time to break out of our space of “prideful isolation.” Describe how a character in your book displayed an “emerging quality” of discipleship. How did they change from always looking inward to focusing on others?

• Werner can not escape his conscience marking him an abettor to the Third Reich. Ashamed of his own lack of moral courage that is amplified by a series of disasters, he breaks through his mistrust to risk truly living for someone else by the end of the book. The mistrust and emotional isolation he feels is characteristic of an unconscious pride and a misguided self-reliance that left him spiritually and emotionally stunted. Werner's and Marie-Laure's stories parallel each other and model how each of us are on a complicated journey toward active discipleship.

3. How did your summer reading inspire you to advance the mission of the School? What do you feel you are called to do during this school year that may be different than last year or previous years?  Are there changes in behavior that will help you align more fully as a disciple of God?