Weekly Recap for Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from ProgressiveChristianity.org in Gig Harbor, Washington, United States "Do you believe that White Christian America is dying? This and more in our Free Weekly Recap of our most viewed and new resources from last week."

 Weekly Recap for Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from ProgressiveChristianity.org in Gig Harbor, Washington, United States "Do you believe that White Christian America is dying? This and more in our Free Weekly Recap of our most viewed and new resources from last week."

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A Word to the Spiritual Seekers

Donald F. Murray
The world needs us to be our true selves... Life calls us to contribute what is ours to give for the good of the human family, the earth, and ultimately the Universe.
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A Word to the Spiritual Seekers by Donald F. Murray
Are the Dog Days of summer drawing to a close? Are we feeling a little chill in the air as the long evenings of summer begin to shorten? We’ve had our share of those warm sultry days. But we’re not complaining. We will remember them fondly in mid January. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Dog Days of summer go from July 3rd to August 11th, coinciding with the morning rising of the Dog Star, Sirius. And that tradition goes back to the Romans, Greeks and Egyptians who believed that it was Sirius that brought the hot muggy weather.
Have you been fortunate enough to have some time away from keeping the wheels of the world turning? Hats off to all who have been there to entertain us, feed us, keep us healthy and safe. They make it possible for many of us to travel, visit, entertain and enjoy a time apart from the rest of the year.
We need a time apart. Around the lake there are the summer people and the year-around people. For all, the lake is our summer playground. It can be both a hive of activity and a place of tranquility and peace.
Sometimes a pause in the usual round of life gives us the opportunity to try new things, go to new places or reconnect with family and friends. It may even give rise to thoughts and wishes, dreams and yearnings that lie asleep within us most of the time.
Perhaps in the quiet of an evening or in intimate chats with friends we take a look at life.
Is ours going as we would like? Are we thankful for the gift of being alive in this world? Are we doing what we need to do? Are we living the values we espouse? Is there some inner urge or call that we are ignoring? Perhaps the answer is “Keep calm and carry on.” Or there may be changes we need to make. It is good to take a look at whatever stirs within us. Being in tune with ourselves gives us solidity and depth.
I always thought it was Socrates who said, “Know Thyself.” A little investigation reveals that it has been attributed to many Greek thinkers and appeared on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. It is wisdom that has been around for a long while. Taking a plunge into the mystery which is one’s self can be a scary challenge or a soul satisfying journey. As one mystic asked me, “How deep into the cave do you want to go?” It can be an exploration without end, but discovering a few landmarks that tell us something of who we are, or need to be, is worth pursuing.
The world-out-there needs us to be our true selves. And the world-out-there is our immediate world of family, friends, community, work, etc. It also reaches to the aching need of all humanity to become mature and whole. There is a whole world out there that is much more and larger than we are. In some profound sense we are accountable to the Universe. Life calls us to contribute what is ours to give for the good of the human family, the earth, and ultimately the Universe.
Almost a hundred years ago Martin Buber, a Jewish philosopher, wrote a book, I and Thou. He was saying that we usually think of the world-out-there as an “it.” We don’t think of “it” as having a life and purpose of which we are a part. If we listen carefully to our own depths the Universe becomes a “thou,” an intimate other that draws us into the fullness of who we are and our place in the world. We are a partner with the grand purpose of the Universe, even though it will always be a mystery that we can grasp only in glimpses.
We do well to follow the closing words of a whole soliloquy of good advice given by Polonius to Laertes in Shakespear’s Hamlet. “This above all: to thine own self be true,. And it must follow, as the night the day,. Thou canst not then be false to any (one)
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Church Wellness Report - Six ways for moving forward beyond our own dying

Tom Ehrich
Old news to anyone who has been observing the changing shape of Christianity in America. But the question remains, what do we do about it?
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Six ways for moving forward beyond our own dying by Tom Ehrich

The headline is provocative: “White Christian America is dying.”
The article that follows is more nuanced than the headline, but it makes the familiar point that mainline and evangelical congregations are weighted toward elderly constituents and have little appeal to younger cohorts. Read Article Here
Okay, okay. Old news to anyone who has been observing the changing shape of Christianity in America. But the question remains, what do we do about it?
I have six suggestions for moving on to a better future.
First, we need to see that keeping on keeping on is a losing strategy. Things have got to change. Specifically, we have got to clean up the toxic environment we created by fighting over everything. Our battles over women’s place, homosexuality and liturgy got so nasty that even our own people are walking away. Who wants to be part of something so self-absorbed and sour?
Second, stop fighting. Fifty years of fighting are more than enough. This goes both ways. Those who still resent women in leadership, gays in the open, and language and hymnody in modern tongues have got to get over it. And those who won need to get over it, too. It’s time to stop marking the “first woman this” and “first gay that.” I know we think we are being historic. But it comes across as triumphalist and self-congratulatory.
Third, seek true diversity, not just the tokens we have pursued. Instead of getting better jobs for our own, we need to stand with all women and all racial minorities and all victims of exclusion. If we want to have a future, we need to look beyond our own kind and learn to speak in the many languages of our diverse nation and address the grinding conditions that people we don’t know face every day.
Fourth, we need to look outward, not inward. We keep having the same self-centered conversations: talking to each other about each other. That works in families and clubs. But the body of Christ cannot survive if it lives only for itself.
Fifth, we need to change the narrative. We are known – like it or not – as angry, conflictual, judgmental, old and dull. With that as our known narrative, we have no future. We need to tell a different story about ourselves – and it must be a real story, not a onetime marketing blitz grounded in noblesse oblige. The world needs to see us caring for the least of these and giving our wealth away and caring less about our comforts and style and more about single moms on food stamps – not because we have gotten better at charity, but because we are they, they are we, and God is in us. We need to stand for progress, for justice, for the joy of being one.
Sixth, and to that end, I think we need to give up the false security of tax-exempt status. That relic of olden days is like white privilege. How can we justify grand facilities on which we pay no tax while people outside our walls are spending half their monthly income on housing? We need to be free to speak truth to power.
In all this, we need to remember that ample resources won’t save us. Continuity and consistency won’t save us. Liking each other won’t save us. Having a good time on Sunday morning won’t save us. Our only sustainable future lies in being enthusiastic missionaries for Jesus Christ, willing to do whatever it takes to care for God’s people.
About the Author
Tom Ehrich is a writer, church consultant and Episcopal priest based in New York. He is the publisher of A Fresh Day online magazine, author of On a Journey and two national newspaper columns.
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Happiness

Chuck Turner
Life goes sideways sometimes. Depending on your perspective, you either grow or let it embitter you. You have the power to replace your Victim Perspective with a Welcoming Perspective
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Happiness by Chuck Turner
This is the 1st in a 4-Part Series which offer a practical path to loving your life every day.
I love playing games. I try to win, but I also enjoy the learning curve, the interactions with other players, and being ready for whatever happens. If all you care about is winning the game, it might more like an ego trip than playing a game.
The same goes for living your life. You love to pursue pleasure, success, and ease. But the only way to be consistently happy is to love the pursuit as much as the good results. You have a natural enthusiasm for relationships, growth, and being ready for whatever happens. You like good results partly because they are mixed together with obstacles and failures. You only bask in pleasure and pride when things go well, but whenever you are enjoying the pursuit, you experience being in the driver’s seat. Even when you make mistakes and run into roadblocks, you have the sense that you are figuring out what you really want, practicing, and broadening your experience.
Suppose you finally got everything you wanted in life, in a steady flow of successes, pleasures, and ease. Once you got used to that level of results you would not be any happier than you are now. We know that from the lives of super-successful people who have been able to buy all the pleasure and ease they want. Many or most of them are less happy than they were on the way up. Some of them choose new and bigger goals, because happiness is in the pursuit. We want a game with obstacles and failures. It gets boring to watch somebody else play, and boring to play a game that is too easy.
There are two very different perspectives on life. With a Victim Perspective, you think that bad things can ruin your day or your life. Your happiness is bounced all over the place, by your own failings and by things beyond your control. You are at the mercy of good and bad luck, as if your fate were controlled by the gods. You are driven by your “need” for good results, like people who play games only because they “need” victory.
With a Welcoming Perspective, you are ready to face whatever gets thrown at you, focused as much on your pursuit as the results. You feel like you are in the driver’s seat, watching for hidden opportunities or lessons. What someone else would see as an obstacle, you see as a challenge. While others feel helpless during a disaster, you are confident you can do something to minimize the damage.
Your brain has been conditioned to exaggerate the power of bad results to ruin your day or your life. But you can learn to roll with the punches. Some people land on their feet after what should have been a knockout punch, like Helen Keller (struck blind and deaf), Stephen Hawking (paralyzed and unable to speak), and Nelson Mandela (locked up for thirty years of a life sentence). One secret to rolling with the punches is flexibility about what happiness looks like. When life deals you lemons, you are only likely to open a lemonade stand if you are free to let go of blocked hopes and find a new path.
Life goes sideways sometimes. Depending on your perspective, you either grow or let it embitter you. The secret is to see the value of being pushed outside your comfort zone once in a while, assuming it might have some long-term benefit. You come out the other side glad to be alive, while those around you come out scarred and victimized.
A Victim Perspective is like a self-fulfilling prophesy. When you give power to events, in increases your stress, anger, or hopelessness. You become a bit superstitious, hoping for good luck and dreading bad luck. As various of your dreams are crushed, you shrink the size of your world, and maybe grow bitter. We were all born with a natural enthusiasm for challenges and novelty, but many people just fall into feeling inadequate, and wishing they had an easier life.
You have the power to replace your Victim Perspective with a Welcoming Perspective, where you like practicing with an ever broader range of experiences. You can awaken a Welcoming Perspective by softening your “need” for good results to happen on any schedule. This frees you to see obstacles as challenges, and failures as lessons. When a door closes, you suspect that another door will soon open, because you are confident that your chance for happiness keeps starting start over from wherever you are.
A Welcoming Perspective is not a matter of forcing yourself to have a positive attitude. Instead, it simply makes more room for your natural enthusiasm for challenges and your inherent fascination with whatever is happening. You have had that perspective lots of times, like when you were in the mood for
* a puzzle that frustrates you a bit,
* an opponent who will be tough to beat,
* a chance to be creative where you know you might get stuck, or
* a fitness regimen where you push yourself to the point of pain and resistance.
No one has a Welcoming Perspective all the time. Victim feelings like fear, anger, hope, craving, and regret are deeply ingrained. Big events powerfully trigger those feelings, drowning out all welcoming. Since a Welcoming Perspective disappears at critical moments, is it worth the effort to cultivate it? We’ll deal with that in the next blog.
Visit Chuck Turner’s website here: WelcomingPerspective
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Liturgy Selection

Travel
We return from our travels, with pictures to show and stories to tell... The same is true of visiting other churches…We bring home what touches us.
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Travel
Week of September 11, 2016Autumn is the time when we return from our travels, with pictures to show and stories to tell. Visiting other places gives us a perspective on home — it widens our view and reminds us how embedded we can get in our own specifics. The same is true of visiting other churches… We bring home what touches us, and we’re grateful for the experience.
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Come and See!
Visit St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church in Tucson, Arizona. And if you can’t get there in person, here’s a glimpse of a service…read more

Come and See! by Thomas Lindell
Visit St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church in Tucson, Arizona. And if you can’t get there in person, here’s a glimpse of a service:
Come and See!
A Liturgy of Invitation
St. Philip’s in the Hills
Episcopal Church
Tucson, AZ
www.stphilipstucson.org
The Gathering of the Community
The Leader or Presider leads followed by the people’s response in bold print
WORDS OF WELCOME
INVITATION
Come into this place of peace and let its silence move your spirit;
Come into this place of memory and let its history warm your soul;
Come into this place of prophecy and power and let its vision change your heart. Amen
William F. Schultz (adapted)
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OPENING ACCLAMATION
Blessed be the God of love!
May the love of God embrace all creation now and for ever. Amen
SALUTATION
God is with you!
And also with you!
The Liturgy of the Word
PRAYER OF THE DAY (Insert)
LESSONS FROM SACRED AND SPIRITUAL TEXTS (Insert)
The people sit. One or two Lessons or suitable spiritual texts are read.
After the Reading, the Reader may say:
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The people stand for the Gospel.
The Gospel of Jesus according to:
After the Gospel, the reader says:
The Gospel of Jesus.
Thanks to you, the Christ among us.
THE REFLECTION (a guided meditation by a member of the Community, followed by discussion)
A period of silence is suggested after the Reflection to meditate on the spoken word.
AN AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (said together, standing)
We believe in God, Light of the universe;
source of love, depth, and compassion.
We believe in Jesus, who taught us to love;
who embodies justice and faithfulness, who journeys with us.
We believe that the Holy Spirit guides us on our way,
surrounding us with grace and calling us to live
with compassion to ourselves and others. Amen
PRAYERS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD
With our whole hearts and minds, let us pray together:
Let us pray with those who seek peace on earth,
that we may act for the good of the world, being what we want the world to be.
With all leaders of countries, communities, and corporations, of churches and schools, of the armed
forces, and with all people in power that they may lead with responsibility and integrity,
that we may follow with intelligence, conscience, and loyal opposition when necessary.
With this community and every community,
may we share one another’s joys and burdens.
With those who care for the earth, for which we are all stewards,
may we treat the Creation with loving responsibility.
With artists, poets, scientists, and visionaries,
may they assist us to view the Creation with fresh eyes.
With those who are ill or troubled or outcast in any way,
may we be open and responsive to their needs.
With people around the world who have endured earthquakes, famine, floods, disease, and other disasters, and with those who are in exile, are refugees, or are homeless.
may we respond with abundant generosity.
With those who have died in the hope of eternal life,
may we be encouraged and inspired by their legacy.
With all people everywhere and in every time,
we dedicate our lives to love and compassion, as Jesus taught us. Amen.
WITH CONTRITE HEARTS
We acknowledge that we have not always used our gifts and talents in the service of the Creation, our neighbors and ourselves. We seek change of heart toward a reflection of steadfast love. May we forgive others and ourselves, resuming our journey through life with renewed intention. Amen
(Silence)
OF REASSURANCE
The Bishop when present, or the Presider, stands and says:
God forgives you
Forgive all others
Forgive yourself. Amen
The Liturgy of the Open Table
Those present stand and gather around the Table.
We are gathered here!
God’s spirit is with us.
Together we lift our hearts,
And offer thanks.
THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
We stand before all Creation
in praise with thanksgiving
for the gift of unconditional love
as an open invitation into relationship.
And we are awed by the assurance that
when we lose our way,
we are always welcomed home.
A table has been prepared for us, [Iona, Wee Worship Book, adapted]
as a sign of hospitality and community,
so that we may be filled, healed,
forgiven and blessed,
being made new again.
Therefore we offer thanks, joining our voices with all people of God,
past, present, and yet to come.
THE INVITATION AND STORY
This is the table, not of the Church, but of God. [Iona, Wee Worship Book, adapted]
It is to be made ready for those who seek relationship with God.
So come and make this journey,
you who have much faith
and you who have little,
you who have been here often
and you who have not been for a long time,
you who have tried to follow
and you who have lost your way.
So come and make this journey,
not because I invite you:
God invites.
It is God’s desire that we gather here.
At supper with his friends, Jesus took bread and gave thanks saying, “Blessed be God who brings
forth bread from the earth.” He broke it and gave it to them saying, “Take, eat. This is the Bread of
Life which is shared with all of you.”
After supper he took the cup of wine and gave thanks saying, “Blessed be God for the
fruit of the vine.” He offered it to his friends saying, “Drink this, all of you, for this
is a symbol of a renewed promise that is revealed in each of you. Whenever you drink it,
recall our life and work together.”
Jesus, you lived, died, and returned to us as the Christ among us.
You are present with us now, and we offer our hearts and hands.
May the Holy Spirit pour out upon this bread and wine the gifts of new life and love
for all people of God.
May we also be filled with the Holy Spirit so that we who are blessed by this bread and wine may live into our own commitment to serve others in love, compassion, and peace. And at the last day, bring us with all faithful people into the joy of the eternal.
We now pray,
Eternal Creator,
the Spirit without and within,
transcendent of time and space, may peace reign!
May we reach out to others with compassion,
to those whom we know and those we don’t.
May we share our gifts in mindful humility and tolerance,
extending generosity to all people.
May we resist temptation and counter wickedness.
We regard with awe the majesty of all creation
that extends behind us and before us into all eternity. Amen. M. Baker
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
Be known to us in the breaking of the Bread.
We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread!
The Gifts of God for all People of God!
THE COMMUNION
This is the Bread of Life, food for the journey. Amen
This is the cup of Compassion, poured out for us. Amen
THE POST-COMMUNION PRAYER
Let us pray together:
Before all creation, we acknowledge the mystery of this simple meal.
Let it remind us of our common humanity and our commitment to love one another and all of creation. Through it may we be strengthened to serve; in it may we find peace. Amen.
THE BLESSING [Henri Frederick Amiel, 1821-1881, adapted]
Life is short, and we do not have too much time
to gladden the hearts of those who travel the way with us.
So be swift to love, make haste to be kind,
and may the blessing of God, Jesus, the Christ, and the Spirit be with you always. Amen
THE DISMISSAL
The Eucharist has ended, the service begins! Go in peace to love and serve!
Thanks be to God!
THE PEACE
The peace of God be always with you!
And also with you!
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WELCOME
Welcome to our interpretation of “radical hospitality,” which is characterized by the “Beware” statement below. We would like to think that this is a “no-cost” experience, because it does not cost anything to belong to this community.
This liturgy is founded on a theology whereby God is “Love”, fully acknowledging that “Love” is a metaphor. This is a kenotic (self-emptying) theology of unconditional grace and acceptance of each of us as we are without question. If we internalize this understanding that we are “loved” and accepted for who and what we are, then life becomes a matter of responsibility to use ourselves in the service with others. Our gifts and talents are to be shared. Hence, our sub-theme is: Our life is our offering. Therefore, it matters what we do with our lives when we leave this worship community—it is our spirituality in the world.
When people gather together in community, they tell stories and have a meal. This community is no different because that is exactly what we do together. Enjoy the various stories related through the Reflections of individuals in the Come and See community and the meal that will follow, for everyone is welcome at God’s Table. Namaste!
BEWARE!
Here we practice the inclusive Gospel of Jesus, Christ.
This means that you may be gathering with
Tax collectors, thieves, adulterers, hypocrites,
Women and men, female and male priests,
Gays and lesbians, the disabled, the dying;
Native Americans, Mexicans, Asians,
Blacks and other ethnic minorities;
Bishops, bigots, heretics, agnostics, atheists,
Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and
strangers from foreign lands—
Anyone like those with whom Jesus met.
So beware, this is not an exclusive club.
We welcome you all!
(adapted from Kenneth Leech, St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, London)© St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, Tucson, AZ
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Service of Song & Silence
Visit the United Church of Moscow, Idaho for a service of Song & Silence.read more

Service of Song & Silence by Rev. Roger Lynn
Visit the United Church of Moscow, Idaho for a service of Song & Silence. To see the order of worship, click here:
Lynn.Song&Silence

— The People Of God Gather In The Presence Of God — • Moments of Fellowship (Begin by greeting your neighbors.) First time visitors are invited to fi ll out one of the cards in the pew racks.

 Music to Gather Us In & Lighting the Candle May we be open to the light of God’s presence among us!

• Call To Worship (responsively) 664

• Gathering Song “Gather Us In” 284

• Gathering Silence (pray for God’s presence to be recognized)

— The People Of God Seek The Shalom Of God — Special Music

 Silence (pray for our world)

 Moments with the Children

 Prayer for the Children

 Song “This Is My Song” 722

 A Prayer for the Nation (responsively) 723

 Silence (pray for our nation)

 Scripture Micah 6: 6-8

 Song “What Does the Lord Require” 661

 Silence (pray for our community)

 Song “O God of Every Nation” 680

 Silence (pray for our congregation)

— The People Of God Respond To The Call Of God —

• Commitment Song “Let There Be Peace on Earth” 677

All are invited to follow Christ and serve God. You may come forward

during this hymn or speak with the pastor following worship.

 Silence (pray for guidance)

 Prayers of the People

 Sharing Celebrations & Concerns

 Prayer Song “Healer of Our Ev’ry Ill” 506

 Silence (pray for all those who need God)

— The People Of God Share In The Grace Of God — The Lord’s Supper

 Communion Song “Weave” 495 (sing twice)

 Invitation To The Lord’s Table & Prayer

This feast of grace is open to all who come at Christ’s invitation.

 Presentation of God’s Gifts

 God’s People Receive the Gifts of God’s Grace As each element is passed, please hold until invited to partake together.

 Offering

 Invitation to the Sharing of Our Gifts Having received the gift of God’s grace, we are invited to respond

by sharing our time, our talents and our treasures.

 Offering Song “O for a World” 683

 God’s Grateful People Give

 Presentation of Our Gifts

— The People Of God Go Forth To Share The Shalom Of God —

• Departing Song “Restless Weaver” 658

May the fl ame of God’s presence go with us into the world.

• Silence (pray for wisdom & courage)

• Song for Going Forth “Paz, Salaam, Shalom”

• Music to Send Us Into God’s World

• Indicates That Those Who Are Able May Stand

The United Church of Moscow is an inclusive Christian fellowship where everyone is welcome

to worship, participate and explore. Neither age, race, gender, sexual orientation, economic status,

nor anything else bars us from full participation in God’s love as revealed in Jesus Christ. Offi cial

membership in the congregation requires only faith in Christ and baptism. Come and join us!

— The People Of God Gather In The Presence Of God —

The United Church Of Moscow

- Seeking Shalom through Song & Silence -

September 12, 2004 11 A.M.

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Soulful Travel
This past Sunday in worship we handed out Soulful Travel Kits to everyone who came.read more

Soulful Travel
Soulful Travel Kits - Pick Yours Up!
by Jim Burklo
This past Sunday in worship we handed out Soulful Travel Kits to everyone who came. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, we have plenty more – they are in the Sanctuary. Here’s the idea: if you travel somewhere this summer or not (travel is a metaphor), you get a small container to bring back some water, suggestions for traveling with spirit in mind, and some suggestions for recording your journey through a variety of mediums. At the end of the summer, we will share those experiences with each other, and bring together the waters of the world in worship. (Ed. Some congregations use the “waters of the world” for their baptism celebrations.)
Each week this summer, SPINN will feature a reflection on pilgrimage and traveling soulfully.
Here’s the first reflection, from “The Art of Pilgrimage” by Phil Cousineau:
Pilgrimage is the kind of journeying that marks…[the]move from mindless to mindful, soulless to soulful travel. The difference may be subtle or dramatic; by definition it is lifechanging. It means being alert to the times when all that’s needed is a trip to a remote place to simply lose yourself, and to the times when what’s needed is a journey to a sacred place, in all its glorisome and fearsome masks, to find yourself. Since the earliest human perception, the nettlesome question has been: How do we travel more fruitfully, more wisely, more soulfully? How can we mobilize the imagination and enliven the heart so that we might, on our special journeys, “see everywhere in the world the inevitable expression of the concept of infinity” in the words of Louis Pasteur; or notice, along with Thoreau, “the divine energy everywhere”? Or recall with Evan Connell the advice to medieval travelers: Pass by that which you do not love. (pp. xxiii-xxiv)
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Events and Updates
Why Christian?
A one-of-a-kind gathering of pastors, practitioners, artists dreamers, and doubters around one question: Why Christian?
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Why Christian?A ONE-OF-A-KIND GATHERING OF PASTORS, PRACTITIONERS, ARTISTS, DREAMERS, AND DOUBTERS AROUND ONE QUESTION: WHY CHRISTIAN?
WHO ARE WE?
When was the last time you heard a story that reminded you of why you are a Christian? When was the last time you gave and received testimony?
When you attend the Why Christian Conference you will encounter a group of speakers whose stories and work remind you of why, in spite of all its dysfunction, you remain a part of the sprawling and diverse family of God. Join us (Nadia Bolz-Weber and Rachel Held Evans), as we introduce 8 amazing practitioners – Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Presbyterian, black, white, Asian, Latino, gay, straight, and transgender – who remind us of why we are Christians.
All who long for a clearer picture of what unites us as children of God are invited to listen, to share, and to believe once again.

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September 29, 2016
End:
October 1, 2016
Location:
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 East Chestnut Street
Chicago IL
Website:
http://whychristian.net/

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