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Wild Hope: Faith for an Unknown Season

Wild Hope: Faith for an Unknown Season. What orients the church during this season of disorientation?. Why bother?. The church is far too …. The church is far too …. Liberal. The church is far too …. Conservative. Liberal. Out of touch. The church is far too …. Conservative. Liberal.

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Wild Hope: Faith for an Unknown Season

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  1. Wild Hope: Faith for an Unknown Season What orients the church during this season of disorientation?

  2. Why bother?

  3. The church is far too…

  4. The church is far too… Liberal

  5. The church is far too… Conservative Liberal

  6. Out of touch The church is far too… Conservative Liberal

  7. Out of touch The church is far too… Conservative Liberal Consumer oriented

  8. Out of touch The church is far too… insular Conservative Liberal Consumer oriented

  9. Lacking in spiritual depth Out of touch The church is far too… insular Conservative Liberal Consumer oriented

  10. HARD TIMES

  11. WILD HOPE?

  12. It is worth thinking about what we can learn from the Catholic experience of the Reformation.

  13. Three Choices Fight back

  14. Three Choices Fight back Give up altogether

  15. Three Choices Fight back Give up altogether Discover all over again who we are meant to be as children of God

  16. The church today is in an internal exile.

  17. This is opportunity & invitation…To discover all over again who we are meant to be children of God.

  18. Surrender Incarnation Abiding in Christ

  19. Surrender Incarnation Abiding in Christ

  20. Exile journeys are faith journeys.

  21. To surrender to God is to surrender our minds, our hearts and our wills.

  22. Surrender of Mind Asking God to help us to see

  23. Surrender of Heart Asking God to help us to hear

  24. Surrender of Will Asking God to help us to be

  25. Surrender Incarnation Abiding in Christ

  26. Surrender of Will When our inner space is crowded with our attachments – whatever they might be – how can God plant wild hope within us?

  27. Surrender Incarnation Abiding in Christ

  28. Abiding in Christ We are invited to wait.

  29. Abiding in Christ We are invited to wait. We are invited to become aware.

  30. Abiding in Christ We are invited to wait. We are invited to become aware. We are invited to engage in listening prayer.

  31. The time we spend in silence with God becomes our training ground… …it readies our souls so that we are able to listen for God’s voice 24/7.

  32. The point is to return again and again with open ears to the heart of God, knowing that it is in this space that we are being transformed.

  33. Abiding in Christ What would it be like for each of us individually to follow Jesus into the wilderness?

  34. Abiding in Christ What would it be like for the church to enter the wilderness together to wrestle with its demons and to listen for God’s leading?

  35. Surrender Incarnation Abiding in Christ / Conversion

  36. “Yes, I have spent time in the womb of the divine and I was born, not a child but a woman.”

  37. Yes, I have spent time in the womb of the divine… When did you last spend time in the womb of the divine?

  38. Yes, I have spent time in the womb of the divine… When did you last spend time in the womb of the divine? How were you transformed in that space?

  39. Yes, I have spent time in the womb of the divine… When did you last spend time in the womb of the divine? How were you transformed in that space? What calling was given to you as you emerged from that warm and protective place?

  40. Yes, I have spent time in the womb of the divine… When was your congregation last in the womb of the divine? How was it transformed in that space? What calling was given to your church as it emerged from that womb?

  41. Yes, I have spent time in the womb of the divine… What wild hope has God been planting in your life and in your congregation?

  42. Being in the womb of the divine together How do we discern from among the voices that tell us that they have heard God speak, especially when we have heard God differently from one another?

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