These are just some rambling notes that I took at this lecture...what strikes you?
* oppositional identity - "id"ing ourselves by criticizing another's faith
* inside the lit center of the church the light is bright, but it is dim and dark on the outside
*People in the center keep the circle 'steady'
*People on the edge keep the circle stretched
(I will see if I can figure out how to post a picture - I I doodled for this thought soon)
* the church is conservative - it conserves the tradition and faith of the community
* no person of faith gets to skip the wilderness, the edge - to get to the center you must start at the edge
? Who Would Jesus Slap? (ponder it - it makes for some laughter and for some self-reflection)
* the church is on the cusp of a new Reformation - thus we hold onto the certain, the definite
* Wilbur says there are two functions of religion:
*translation - smoothing out, centering
*transformation - shaking up
*there is no filling the hole that was never meant to be filled - rather the hole is meant to be entered into (wilderness)
*those who are seeking the truth tend to leave less bodies behind them than those who claim to already have it
* when did we start valuing certainty higher than awe?
* faith is: not knowing a damn thing, and trusting God anyway
* is it time for us to focus on our practices instead of knowledge?
*act and let the theology follow
* trust the practice and the practice will teach you
* spiritual practices: incarnation, encounter, resistance
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