wonderful thoughts from the Pope, intellectually coherent and practically relevant and doable IMO
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
Tag: world religions
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Lesson 3: Hinduism
Read MORE: Lesson 3: HinduismI do not regard this as a series on world religions so much as some insights for Christians living among other religious traditions. Taylor describes this as allowing holy envy for some things in other world religions to transform her…
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Lesson 2: Holy Envy
Read MORE: Lesson 2: Holy EnvyBarbara Brown Taylor addresses the pluralism in our society by writing about her experiences teaching World Religions 101 classes. She traces leaving parish ministry after feeling empty, entering the classroom to find meaning, and finally returning to her faith refreshed…
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Lesson 1: Make Faith Great Again
Read MORE: Lesson 1: Make Faith Great AgainIf you asked me to list the two major dangers presently facing the Church in the United States, the first that would jump into my mind would be the lack of young people worshiping. The second would be Evangelicals and…
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Lesson 7: Church-State Relations
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Church-State RelationsLast week I suggested that, in a hundred years, pastors would not be regarded as agents of the state when officiating at weddings. I imagine the relationship between Church and State will be changed in many other ways by then…
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Lesson 3: Youth Groups
Read MORE: Lesson 3: Youth GroupsIf recent refusals of denominations to finance their seminaries are self- defeating, the tendency of many to neglect youth work is just as silly. It is certainly a factor in the lack of young people at our worship services. I…
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Lesson 5: Other World Religions
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Other World ReligionsThe youth attending our reading groups seem to find Christians groups mean-spiritedly attacking others the biggest challenge to their faith. Remember they choose the next topics at the end of each meeting. During the past two years time and again they…
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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…