Ministry

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding

Job 38:4

A Spiritual Theme for 2022

In 2022 the College will adopt the question mark as our spiritual theme. The ‘question mark’ is the grammatical symbol added to the end of any question being asked in a text. The symbol itself, in text and out of text, evokes an immediate sense of the unknown, and all the things that humans don’t fully know or understand. The symbol represents any gap we may have in our knowledge, but also serves as the catalyst for filling the same gap. It is our questions in our learning journeys that lead us toward greater knowing. Human wonder can be considered a very abstract concept. It will become more tangible through our probing and investigating of all things physical and spiritual, as we learn to articulate all our wonders in the form of questions. When it comes to faith it will always be the questions of both heart and mind that keep the things we believe alive and authentic. Every faith journey is filled with uncertainty and doubt, not the least for those who have not yet been brought to faith. As we begin a new year with a spiritual theme based around this particular theme, we acknowledge the centrality of the question mark in the growing relationship between our students and Christ.

Jesus himself asked no less than 307 questions in the Gospels, as a way to encourage people to grow in their appreciation of who he was, why he came, what he was supposed to do, and how it would be the very thing to initiate a new way of living, relating, loving and knowing. The question mark, for Jesus, was not a symbol of cynicism or judgment, but a wisdom-filled gateway to a kingdom of hopefulness that is God’s answer to questions of existence, life, humanity, meaning and God. Pastor Albert Gast

Prayer Points

• For learning institutions all around the world • For our 2022 College Spiritual Theme, that it might encourage the power of the question in our students’ learning • For our Cornerstone families and your abiding presence in their homes and lives this year