An Adult Christian Education Summer Program

Have you "met Jesus again for the first time"?  Many of our favorite Christian writers and teachers—Marcus Borg, Barbara Brown Taylor, Elaine Pagels, to name a few--have encouraged us to understand Jesus in new and challenging ways over the past several years.  Inspired by scholarly inquiries into ancient texts as well as intellectual and social movements skeptical of traditional Christianity, they articulate an emerging vision of what it means to be a Christian. What Jesus taught is at the heart of this emerging vision.

Join us this summer as we listen to "Encountering the Wisdom Jesus," an audio learning course by Cynthia Bourgeault, Episcopal priest and retreat leader.  Bourgeault presents a surprising and provocative interpretation of Jesus' teaching stories, sayings, and his death and resurrection.  She also encourages us to take up core practices of early Christians, such as contemplative prayer and lectio divina, to learn to embody Jesus' teaching.

We will meet weekly beginning June 10th at 9:15 in the Bradow Room to listen to and discuss sessions of this audio course.  Feel free to come whenever you are able:  no need to read anything to prepare.  Ellen Beidler will facilitate and post notes for each session on the CUCC website to help you catch up with the discussion.

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