Upcoming Events
Jun 18, 2012 - Fire and Reign
"Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life which he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun." Ecclesiastes 9:9
Marriage is often a battleground in the spiritual life of the Christian, and often the site of the most significant defeats. Fire & Reign is a seminar directed toward understanding and cultivating marital Peace. The Wilson's oldest child requested that The Big Haus put this together after he got married, seeking instruction in how to live out the example he had observed throughout his youth. Evan and Leslie have been happily married for decades and have raised four children in the Lord in the sight of over three hundred Haus residents. The teachings in this seminar will direct you to the Grace that will give you the strength to do the same.
1. A Humane, Holy, and Tranquil Marriage
2. Having Attitudes
3. Paying Attention
4. Giving Affection
5. Revering Authority
Scheduled: June 18-22, 2012
Sevenpillar maintains a particular schedule for a week, with minor changes to accommodate certain subjects. Guests arrive on the weekend (preferably on Saturday). On Sunday they attend services at All Souls Christian Church and join the Haus for Sunday dinner afterwards. Notebooks are given out and readings assigned on the weekend. On each weekday, the guests gather in the morning for coffee or tea to have the Scriptures read aloud (no teaching), along with prayer requests and prayers. Breakfast follows, and the rest of the morning is devoted to scheduled private conversations and/or reading. An informal lunch opens an afternoon of free time, although guests are expected to join in the preparation or clean-up of dinner. After dinner, we gather for a public talk on the subject of the given week, including any informal Q&A. The day concludes with social conversation over drinks and pipes/cigars until bedtime.
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Over a hundred years ago, on a corner in a small town at the edge of The Empire, a large Arts and Crafts home was built. After it had aged for seventy years to an architectural ripeness it became The Big Haus, and as such, a small part of the Kingdom of God and His Christ. From the beginning this Haus has been devoted to the pursuit of Peace in the ultimate virtues that Christianity provides to life and mind. In that Peace it is a fine place to rest, and while at rest, to think about resting. There you can lay your hands on this Peace, understand it, and smile back at it when it smiles at you. Heck, you can see it from the front porch, taste it at dinner, and pursue it, with a more mental hunger, across the landscape of some conversation.
So, if you want insight, and if you can get here (that isn’t so easy), come by for a visit. You can join us for a weekend, a week, or a semester or two. We’ll talk about stuff. Stuff we’ve thought long and hard about. Because, as you know from the headline, and you’ll know after you leave, at The Big Haus, it’s the thought that counts.