Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
BonhoefferFollows Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life and thought, from The Cost of Discipleship through the Letters and Papers from Prison he wrote facing execution. Asks what faith means stripped of comfort.Christian CommunityYou’ll trace Christian community from its first-century origins through history to the new models being tried today, including the common housing movement. You’ll look at what holds community together, humility, balance, hospitality, giftedness, obedience, and what pulls it apart, especially radical individualism.Christian LifestyleCompares Christian lifestyles on offer, counter-culture, established, and free church, and what each asks of you. Ends with how tradition, community, and hope shape a lived faith.NatureAsks basic questions about the universe, evolution, and what ‘natural’ means, before turning to nature as creation. Connects that to Torah law, the incarnation, and hope.PandemicRevisits COVID-19 as a test of faith: trust in government, systemic racism, and moving baptism and communion online. Weighs what the pandemic revealed about courage and fairness.Practical TheologyDefines Practical Christianity as faith applied to everyday life, not doctrine or the supernatural. Covers overcoming suffering through hope and community, finding a healthy lifestyle, and where Christian ethics are actually grounded.The FutureAsks whether there’s a future at all, and what biblical scenarios and prophecies suggest about it. Tests whether humanity is progressing, and lands on hope for peace, justice, and love.World ReligionsSurveys the major world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, through the lens of ‘holy envy.’ Closes by asking what separates healthy religion from sick religion.
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I absolutely love these ideas, especially paying attention to beauty and reducing your needs.
Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
wonderful thoughts from the Pope, intellectually coherent and practically relevant and doable IMO