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Pondering Water: A Spiritual and Practical Inquiry
Adult Study Series - Sundays, September 20 - October 11, 9:30 a.m.
Alaska's glaciers are shrinking at an ever-increasing rate. A baby perks up in worship as baptismal water runs over her head. Californians have had to let their lawns go parched. A glass of water on a hot morning refreshes a ...
Alaska's glaciers are shrinking at an ever-increasing rate. A baby perks up in worship as baptismal water runs over her head. Californians have had to let their lawns go parched. A glass of water on a hot morning refreshes a ...
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Living the Questions
Living the Questions. For the remainder of Lent, Adult Study will be trying something new: watching portions of a video series and discussing together. Living the Questions is a series that draws on the work of prominent and thoughtful theologians and pastors to provide a look at ...
Healthy Communities
New Adult Study. Have you ever found yourself considering your community--any community of which you are a part--and wondering, how could this be healthier? How might I best root myself in this community, helping it to be its best self?
Then please join us for the next three Sundays at 9:30, when ...
Then please join us for the next three Sundays at 9:30, when ...
Spirituality and the Senses
Religion and spirituality are often thought of as largely intellectual, ephemeral, immaterial--even though we can't engage them without our bodies. This month we will explore how objects impact our religious practices, and how our senses are integral to our experiences of spirit.
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Planning for End-of-Life: Better Now than Later
Who you want to make health care decisions for you when you can't make them? If you become unable to make medical decisions, what kind of treatment do you want, and how do you want people to treat you? What do you want your loved ones to know? What legal documents are helpful to prepare in ...
Planning for End-of-Life: Better Now than Later
Who you want to make health care decisions for you when you can't make them? If you become unable to make medical decisions, what kind of treatment do you want, and how do you want people to treat you? What do you want your loved ones to know? What legal documents are helpful to prepare in ...
Ways to Develop Spiritual Practice and Prayer
Many people long for a fresh approach to spiritual practice that deepens one's inner life, but avoids the oppressive dimensions of some institutionalized religiousness. Come and find a set of new ways of spiritual practice that integrate ancient traditions and contemporary sensitivities. Led by ...
A New New Testament
The current adult study session is looking at Hal Taussig's new editted book, A New New Testament, due to hit shelves on March 5, 2013.
It is time for a new New Testament. Over the past century, numerous lost scriptures have been discovered, authenticated, translated, debated, ...
It is time for a new New Testament. Over the past century, numerous lost scriptures have been discovered, authenticated, translated, debated, ...
What's So Special About Matthew?
What's So Special About Matthew?
Preparing for Advent and Christmas
Preparing for Advent and Christmas
The Spiritual World and Minor Deities
The Spiritual World and Minor Deities
Hinduism
Hinduism
Entitlement: What Makes You Think You've Got the Right? What Makes You Feel You Have No Right?
Entitlement: What Makes You Think You've Got the Right?
What Makes You Feel You Have No Right?
What Makes You Feel You Have No Right?
Bodies & Spirits at the Intersection of Science & Religion
Bodies & Spirits at the Intersection of Science & Religion
The Future of Christianity
Readings:
Borg, Marcus J. The Heart of Christianity. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
Borg, Marcus J. Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power-- and How They Can Be Restored. New York: HarperCollins, 2011.
Mclaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christianity: Ten ...
Borg, Marcus J. The Heart of Christianity. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
Borg, Marcus J. Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power-- and How They Can Be Restored. New York: HarperCollins, 2011.
Mclaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christianity: Ten ...
The Apostle Paul: Love Him or Leave Him
Readings:
Boyarin, Daniel. A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Horsley, Richard A. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997.
Kahl, Brigitte. Galatians ...
Boyarin, Daniel. A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Horsley, Richard A. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997.
Kahl, Brigitte. Galatians ...
Parenting: It Takes A Congregation
Parenting is a big deal. There are new challenges around every corner. In February Adult Study takes a look at the many dimensions of parenting, and asks what wisdom, spiritual practice, and practical support is needed for this central human task in our day and our society.
This series ...
This series ...
Untangling Complicated Conversations
Readings:
Tatum, Beverly Daniel. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? New York: BasicBooks, 2003.
West, Cornel. Race Matters. Boston: Beacon Press, ...
Tatum, Beverly Daniel. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? New York: BasicBooks, 2003.
West, Cornel. Race Matters. Boston: Beacon Press, ...
The Birth Stories of Jesus & Other Sons of God
Reading:
Miller, Robert J. Born Divine: The Births of Jesus & Other Sons of God. Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge Press, 2003.
Miller, Robert J. Born Divine: The Births of Jesus & Other Sons of God. Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge Press, 2003.
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Bringing the Adult Jesus Home for Christmas, Part I
Bringing the Adult Jesus Home for Christmas: A Resource for Celebrations at Home at the Holiday
Part 1: Listening To the Teachings of Jesus
What an idea! Let’s bring the whole Jesus home for Christmas and see what happens. In addition to the stories about Jesus’ birth, let’s see if we ...
Part 1: Listening To the Teachings of Jesus
What an idea! Let’s bring the whole Jesus home for Christmas and see what happens. In addition to the stories about Jesus’ birth, let’s see if we ...
The Thunder: Perfect Mind, an ancient sacred text
Reading:
Taussig, Hal. The Thunder: Perfect Mind : A New Translation and Introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
In the mid-20th century, two Egyptians found in the hills around the Nile valley in middle Egypt near the town of Nag Hammadi a trove of early Christian literature, much of ...
Taussig, Hal. The Thunder: Perfect Mind : A New Translation and Introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
In the mid-20th century, two Egyptians found in the hills around the Nile valley in middle Egypt near the town of Nag Hammadi a trove of early Christian literature, much of ...
Otherly-Abledness: Issues Facing those with Dis-abilities and Other-abilities
Our deacon, Rev. Nellie Greene led us in a program on the “otherly-abled.” This study and conversation focussed on helping us be more conscious about issues facing those among us with ‘disabilities’ and is open to everyone - otherly-abled, disabled and temporarily able-bodied!
An Introduction to Reading the Bible
The buzz in this country is that people should read the Bible. But it is not at all that easy. Many people try to read the Bible, but find it confusing, obscure, or frightening. Others read it with mixed results. This adult study aims to provide several strategies for reading the Bible, either ...
The Ethics and Spirituality of Food
This is a repeat of a popular study last fall, but at a different time for those who cannot make the 9:30 a.m. adult study or who missed last fall’s study. The study looks at how what we eat affects our own selves and the larger world. It examines several models for changing one’s eating habits....
Praying with new images of God
Praying with new images of God: Images and Names for God in Scripture
You are invited to consider new images for God and pray with them. One way is simply to pray, “The Lord is my ____”, or “God is my ___”,
inserting names and images for God in the blank.
This compilation is by Anne Shore, ...
You are invited to consider new images for God and pray with them. One way is simply to pray, “The Lord is my ____”, or “God is my ___”,
inserting names and images for God in the blank.
This compilation is by Anne Shore, ...
The Study of Islam
The Study of Islam
Looking at Transgender Experiences through Film
Looking at Transgender Experiences through Film
Racism in Film
Racism in Film
Meanings of the Empty Tomb Stories
For Sunday, April 6, it is recommended that people read Mark 16:1-8:
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun ...
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun ...
