Pathways to Discipleship
Practicing Christianity includes periodically Polishing Our Lenses so that we see more clearly. What transformation could happen if we were able to discern our own blind spots and explore what it actually means to love as Jesus asks us to? In this unit, a range of speakers will help us sharpen our focus on the world by seeing through others’ eyes.
October 16 - Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance - Jamall Kinard
OCTOBER 30 - - Rev. Mary Bowman
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Our Inner Lenses - Rev. Mary Bowman - Recording of class
Shifting the Frame (2:06) — Mags Blackie explains how she shifts her frame so that she can offer dignity and respect even for those she disagrees with
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NOVEMBER 6 - The Lens of the Resurrection - Rev. Robert Galloway
NOVEMBER 13 - Learning How to See - Confirmation Bias - Garrell Keesler
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Learning How to See - Confirmation Bias - Garrell Keesler - recording of class
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The Big Ditch (-48.53) - Podcast with Brian McLaren, Center for Action and Contemplation
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Contemplate on this poem by Rumi:
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’
doesn’t make any sense.
NOVEMBER 20 - Learning How to See - Community Bias - Garrell Keesler
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Learning How to See - Complexity and Community Bias - Garrell Keesler - recording of class
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