The book that is providing theological perspective and inspiration for me these days is “Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics” by Josef Sorett. This work is exciting because it puts religion in conversation with the secular and in doing so allows the church/religion to erase the divide between what is inside and what is outside of the church walls, or the boundaries of religious life.
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This book list was compiled during our Lent/Easter planning Church Leader’s Roundtable on January 10, 2017. We hope you will find these resources to be fruitful for prayers, liturgy, sermon inspiration and more.
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We asked our contributing authors this month to tell us what they are reading or have read that has helped them in the work of building community across divides. Here’s what they said.
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In his first novel, Earning Innocence, Andrew Taylor-Troutman gives the reader entrance to the mind of Rev. James Wheeler, a mind both precise in its renderings of the everyday and aware to the indwelling of the transcendent.
At the 2016 NEXT Church National Gathering, Renee Roederer hosted an optional ministry context conversation on “nones and dones,” people Renee defines as spiritually curious and institutionally suspicious. As part of […]
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We start with a list of books and blogs collected during our authors’ lunch, in which writers and book-lovers came together to share favorite books, websites, and other resources.
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Each month, we post a series of blogs around a common topic. During September, Leanne Pearce Reed is curating a month of blog posts exploring stewardship of all creation. Join the conversation here, […]
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“Spirit in the Dark” Examines the Boundaries of Religious Life
/in Book Reviews, Contemporary Culture, ResourcesThe book that is providing theological perspective and inspiration for me these days is “Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics” by Josef Sorett. This work is exciting because it puts religion in conversation with the secular and in doing so allows the church/religion to erase the divide between what is inside and what is outside of the church walls, or the boundaries of religious life.
A Lenten Book List
/in Book Reviews, Lent, Liturgy & Worship General, ResourcesThis book list was compiled during our Lent/Easter planning Church Leader’s Roundtable on January 10, 2017. We hope you will find these resources to be fruitful for prayers, liturgy, sermon inspiration and more.
Building Community Across Divides: A Book List
/in Book Reviews, Contemporary Culture, ResourcesWe asked our contributing authors this month to tell us what they are reading or have read that has helped them in the work of building community across divides. Here’s what they said.
Book Review: Earning Innocence
/in Book Reviews, ResourcesIn his first novel, Earning Innocence, Andrew Taylor-Troutman gives the reader entrance to the mind of Rev. James Wheeler, a mind both precise in its renderings of the everyday and aware to the indwelling of the transcendent.
Nones and Dones Book Recommendations
/in 2016 National Gathering, Book Reviews, Gatherings, ResourcesAt the 2016 NEXT Church National Gathering, Renee Roederer hosted an optional ministry context conversation on “nones and dones,” people Renee defines as spiritually curious and institutionally suspicious. As part of […]
What is the NEXT Church Reading?
/in Book Reviews, Contemporary Culture, ResourcesWe start with a list of books and blogs collected during our authors’ lunch, in which writers and book-lovers came together to share favorite books, websites, and other resources.
Book Review: Inhabiting Eden: Christians, the Bible and the Ecological Crisis
/in Book Reviews, Resources, Theological ReflectionsEach month, we post a series of blogs around a common topic. During September, Leanne Pearce Reed is curating a month of blog posts exploring stewardship of all creation. Join the conversation here, […]