1. Trip Vs. Journey
RELIGION:

2. In your notes list 4-5 different trips you have been on…
Example:
A friend’s cottage in Muskoka, Toronto CN tower,
Guelph Lake fishing trip,
Grade 8 Mount Mary in Ancaster…

3. Now write down 2-3 journeys you have experienced or are currently experiencing…
Example:
Understanding my place in the world, my family, my faith…

4. Considering the descriptions of your trip vs
Considering the descriptions of your trip vs. your journey, what do you think the difference is between a trip and a journey?

5. Find a partner or group of 3 with a person who has same birthday month…
With your partner come up with a definition of a trip and a journey…
Share with the class.

6. Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
- by Margaret Fishback Powers

7. Is Religion a Trip or a Journey
Is Religion a Trip or a Journey? Read “Come and See” on page 56 of BE WITH ME. Does the conversation with Jesus seem like a Trip or a Journey?

8. Example of a trip vs. a journey:
Catholictrips.com is a site of pilgrimage trip information

9. Example of a journey vs. a trip…
thiscatholicjourney.com is a blog about a woman’s journey to becoming Catholic

10. How does this illustrate the difference between a trip and a journey?
*Read and highlight Trip vs. Journey Handout together

11. Journal #8
Why is it better for you that Religion be a Journey? (3 reasons, 3 paragraphs) Or
Create a journey Map or timeline of your life as a Christian. Include key times and influences in your Spiritual Development.
(ex. Sacraments, experiences with God, others, times of self-growth)