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Faith and Family Every Sunday in the Church Lounge Spring 2008 Discussions
About us: Faith and Family is a weekly time of fellowship in which we discuss the complex issues of raising families in the Christian tradition. We seek to strengthen our personal bonds within the church family, and to cultivate new relationships through conversation and shared experience. Anyone who has ever been part of a family is welcome to attend and contribute their insights!
Statement of direction: We are a class dedicated to identifying, understanding, and cultivating Christian values, so that we may raise our children in this multicultural world to reflect those values. We seek to understand how to:
- find and promote spirituality in our secular world, for ourselves and our children;
- apply Christian principles to the challenges our families face;
- relate to the religious traditions of our own faith and of those around us;
- best express our faith in this diverse society.
All this is done with a focus on our own spiritual growth, as well as constructively and positively guiding the spiritual growth of our families.
Spring 2008,Faith and Family will explore the
first unit of the video series, Living
the Questions 2, which is the
expanded version of Living the Questions, popular video and internet-based small
group exploration of progressive Christianity featuring premier religious
voices of our day. Living the Questions 2 is an open-minded alternative to studies
that attempt to give participants all the answers; it instead strives to create
an environment where participants can interact with one another in exploring
what’s next for Christianity.
The
class will also discuss two thought-provoking books, Blue Like Jazz and The Year
of Living Biblically. Of the first
book, Publishers Weekly says,
“Miller…is a young writer, speaker, and campus ministry leader. An earnest evangelical who nearly lost his
faith, he went on a spiritual journey, found some progressive politics and most
importantly, discovered Jesus’ relevance for everyday life.” Of the second, “What would it require for a
person to live all the commandments
of the Bible for an entire year? That is
the question that animates this hilarious, quixotic, thought-provoking memoir
from [A.J.] Jacobs."
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