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Friday, August 29, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Book list
We've just gotten back from Greenbelt, a festival featuring some stellar progressive Christian speakers, artists, and musicians. I've come back with a bit of a wish list for books, and am excited about putting in an order.
Some I'm planning on getting include...and, no, not intentional that 3 of the of the 4 are women from the States.
Snake Oil by Becca Stevens - I went to three sessions that Becca led, as well as the Communion which she co-led with Mpho Tutu, Desmond Tutu's daughter. I highly recommend a visit to the website of Thistle Farms, a social enterprise that Becca started, and maybe you might find something worth investing in... :)
Cranky, Beautiful Faith by Nadia Bolz-Weber - While it got a little boring being told how crazy and tattooed she was (see cover if you don't believe me), in general, Nadia had some down-to-earth views on church and community. We especially enjoyed her session co-led with Sara Miles on the "Inconvenience of Other People"... something which is hard for most churches to deal with, from my experience...not to mention that it's a challenge for me, too.
Take this Bread by Sara Miles - For all the arguing about whether to support an "open table" or not, Sara Miles told her story from atheism to faith because she showed up at a church one day when Communion was offered for all. She spoke about the Eucharist as someone who had to deconstruct it to understand it, which is a very helpful view for those of us born into the tradition who don't often have a second thought about what it looks like to an outsider.
The Art of Curating Worship by Mark Pierson -- As far as I know, this guy wasn't at Greenbelt, but the book caught my eye in the book tent. Over the last few months, we've been having conversations at CPURC around worship leader empowerment, and I continue to think our worship has the potential to be even more authentic and meaningful if we dig further in...if we encourage those leading worship to take the planning more seriously (not that the leading has to be serious.) After reading just a few pages, I couldn't help but think that this book has some promising bits for our context.
Some I'm planning on getting include...and, no, not intentional that 3 of the of the 4 are women from the States.
Snake Oil by Becca Stevens - I went to three sessions that Becca led, as well as the Communion which she co-led with Mpho Tutu, Desmond Tutu's daughter. I highly recommend a visit to the website of Thistle Farms, a social enterprise that Becca started, and maybe you might find something worth investing in... :)
Cranky, Beautiful Faith by Nadia Bolz-Weber - While it got a little boring being told how crazy and tattooed she was (see cover if you don't believe me), in general, Nadia had some down-to-earth views on church and community. We especially enjoyed her session co-led with Sara Miles on the "Inconvenience of Other People"... something which is hard for most churches to deal with, from my experience...not to mention that it's a challenge for me, too.
Take this Bread by Sara Miles - For all the arguing about whether to support an "open table" or not, Sara Miles told her story from atheism to faith because she showed up at a church one day when Communion was offered for all. She spoke about the Eucharist as someone who had to deconstruct it to understand it, which is a very helpful view for those of us born into the tradition who don't often have a second thought about what it looks like to an outsider.
The Art of Curating Worship by Mark Pierson -- As far as I know, this guy wasn't at Greenbelt, but the book caught my eye in the book tent. Over the last few months, we've been having conversations at CPURC around worship leader empowerment, and I continue to think our worship has the potential to be even more authentic and meaningful if we dig further in...if we encourage those leading worship to take the planning more seriously (not that the leading has to be serious.) After reading just a few pages, I couldn't help but think that this book has some promising bits for our context.
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