The Heart of Christianity
Discussion 7 – Chapters 9, 10 & 11
Jan. 8, 2024 | 11:00am PST
In preparation for our 7th session, please read chapters 9 (Sin & Salvation/ Transforming the Heart), 10 (The Heart of the Matter/ Practice), and 11 (Heart & Home/ Being Christian in an age of pluralism).
Study Prompts
- In the author’s assertions about “sin” and “salvation” (in Ch. 9), were there any points he made that you strongly did or did not agree with?
- After reading Chapter 10, please pick one of your own spiritual practices to share with the group
- Pick one point from anywhere in the book that you feel will help you or be a touchstone as you move forward on your path.
Shared Wisdom
Links & information offered by your classmates during discussion this week
From Deacon Judith
- Link to a conversation on a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, with progressive Zionist Rabbi David Cooper, (Twin Towers United Methodist Church on Jan. 17, 2024).
- In a class at Pendle Hill Quaker Center in 1993 with Rabbi Marsha Prager, she talked about the Lord’s Prayer and the phrase with the bread in her lecture, and she said, “It’s interesting that bread and war have the same root. Just different connotations of uprising or leavening. We are aware that when there is a shortage or unequal access to lechem, bread, that mi l c h a m e h, conflict, is the result.”
From Terrey Schweitzer
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Zoom to The Cottage with Rabbi Sharon Brous, an interview about her book, The Amen Effect.
Recording
Click on the link below to view last week’s discussion video on The Heart of Christianity
[Session 6 discussion]
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Read
Before our next meeting, please read Borg Chapters 9, 10 & 11 (pages 164 – 225)
Go to
[Session 1 study guide & video]