LIVING THE QUESTIONS 2.0

 

People know that at its core, Christianity has something good to offer the human race.  At the same time, many have a sense that they are alone in being a "thinking" Christian and that "salvaging" Christianity is a hopeless task. What is needed is a safe environment where people have permission to ask the questions they've always wanted to ask but have been afraid to voice for fear of being thought a heretic.

 

Living the Questions is a 21-week DVD and web-based small group study exploring beyond the traditions and rote theologies in which so many people and local churches seem to be stuck.  Ideal for Christian invitation, initiation and spiritual formation, Living the Questions will help seekers and "church alumni/ae" alike in discovering the significance of Christianity in the 21st Century and what a meaningful faith can look like in today's world.

 

This fall you have an opportunity to thoroughly explore your Christian roots, or to explore the roots of Christianity, depending upon your past faith journey. The opportunity begins Wednesday evening, September 10, 2008 at 6:00 PM. The 21 hour-long sessions cover a broad range of subjects listed below.

 

If you are planning to attend, please email hope church and request the materials for session one. You will then be placed on a mailing list for the materials for subsequent session.

 

THEMES

 

    Invitation to Journey

1. An Invitation to Journey

2. Taking the Bible  

    Seriously

3. Thinking Theologically

4. Stories of Creation

5. Lives of Jesus

6. A Passion for Christ: Paul

7. Out into the World:

    Challenges Facing     

    Progressive Christians

 

    Reclaiming the World

8. Restoring Relationships

9. The Prophetic Jesus

10. Evil, Suffering &

      A God of Love

11. The Myth of

      Redemptive Violence

12. Debunking the Rapture

13. Practicing Resurrection

14. Reclaiming the World

 

 

     Call to Covenant

15. A Kingdom without Walls

16. Social Justice: Realizing

      God’s Vision

17. Incarnation: Divinely

      Human

18. Prayer: Intimacy with God

19. Compassion: The Heart 

      of Jesus’ Ministry

20. Creative Transformation

21. Embracing Mystery