Anne Lamott and Bishop Spong

Next Sunday, February 7, we are going to view and discuss some webclips featuring Anne Lamott and Bishop John Shelby Spong. These are separate clips, and we'll be looking for a common theme between the two...assuming that there is one.
Lamott's clip is related to one of her recent books, "Grace Eventually", in which she contends that Grace does eventually come to us all, at some point, and having found us we forget about it, or things happen and we lose grace, feel lost and miserable and alone, until grace finds us again.

Spong is probably more widely known to us, having been a liberal Episcopal minister and Bishop. He's had a high public profile for at least the last three decades and this has brought him numerous death threats. Spong has most recently promoted the idea that Christianity needs to do some things differently in order to prosper in the future; it needs to be less dogmatic and more inclusive.

While Spong often speaks at the level of the institution and the broad organization, Lamott's message is much more personal, even intimate. In some way that I haven't yet defined, their messages seem consistent and complimentary.

Please joins us for this potentially interesting session on Sunday morning at 9:45. We'll be glad to see you and hear what you might have to say on the subject. As always, the very finest of childcare is provided.