In one of our house groups we’ve just started reading the book theGODlab, by Roger Brotherton.  The book is described:

“Adopting a take-it-for-a-test-drive approach to spirituality, ‘The GOD Lab’ takes us deep into the exciting and quirky world of knowing God in real life. It is a handbook for spiritual adventurers, a signpost for the curious, and an encouragement for the committed. With freshness and verve it presents eight sayings of Jesus as experiments open to anyone. Whether searching for spiritual connection or just vaguely intrigued by Jesus, this book offers a kind and creative approach to the most profound questions of the human heart.”

But this little video is a good introduction:

This first session, we read the introductory chapters, and looked at first beatitude, which is interpreted in the experiment as ‘open’:

open:

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

This is just the first of the beatitudes, we’ve still got seven more to explore.