Welcome to RUF!

Spring 2012

      NEW LOCATION!! - We have a new home for the spring semester!  We will be meeting every Wednesday night at 8:30pm (starting 1/11) in Davidson 112.  (It is the SGA Arts and Sciences Student Council room)  Come check it out!  Here's a taste of what we'll be discussing...

     Have you ever really thought about why music is so powerful?  It's amazing how a good song can so deeply move us.  Why is that?  Because songs help us feel.  Life is complicated and it can be difficult to "feel" our way through it.  We can find ourselves thrilled, terrified, angry, hurt, happy, confused, betrayed, loved, or just plain numb.  Songs can give us words that help us express our feelings in ways in which we never could on our own.  Deep down, we all have a desire to be known and loved, so it resonates with us to be able to adequately express ourselves.  But songs can also shape the way that we feel.  We've probably all had the experience of how music can do things like lifting our spirits when we're down, or putting us into a self-reflective mood.  And sometimes songs can shape what and how we feel simply by conveying information to us.  

     What if there was a playlist of songs that would truly help us "feel" our way through life?  What if there was a collection of songs that would help us with the way real life feels?  That's exactly what the book of Psalms is, and exactly why we are going to spend our time this semester studying them.  The Psalms are a collection of songs that show us what it looks like, what it feels like, to live life in the real world.  You will almost certainly be surprised by the Psalms' honesty about the difficulties of life, displays of raw emotion, poetic beauty, brilliant wisdom, and message of good news and hope.  Please come join us as we explore the depth of the Psalms together, every Wednesday night at 8:30pm in Davidson 112.