[Oe List ...] New Book for book Study

[Charles or Doris Hahn]

Hi Dave,
I picked up a copy of the book at the Library this afternoon.  It looks quite interesting. We shall see.
Talk to you at 5 on the 22nd if not sooner.
Charles 




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From: Ellen & David Rebstock <grapevin2 at gmail.com>
To: Springboard Dialogue <springboard at wedgeblade.net>; Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 1:06:13 PM
Subject: [Oe List ...] New Book for book Study

Some of us have been doing a book study every week via conference call.  The most recent book was The Big Sort by Bill Bishop.  A week from next Tuesday we are starting a book by Brian McLaren
called "Everything Must Change -- Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope"  
McLaren says that Jesus message of hope is an invitation to both personal and global transformation.  It is a radical chalenge to the underlying stories that drive our suicidal systems--social, economic, and political.  It invites us to imagine what would happen:
-  If people of faith moved beyond political polarization and a few hot-button issues to the deeper questions nobody is asking.
-  If the world's leading nations spent less on weapons and more on peace-making,, poverty-alleviation, and creation-care   
-  If a renewed understanding of Jesus and his message sparked a profound spiritual awakening in a global movement of faith, hope, and love.
-  If we believed that god's will really coulf be done on earth and not just in heaven

This is not a "What would Jesus do" book as much as it is a spiritual book offering up a fresh vision of what it means to be a person of faith.
Bill Bailey said after reading the first part of the book that "It sends us back to the things we were discussing in the late sixties and early seventies in the Ecumentical Institute."  
it encourages us to reflect on where we and the world have come to since that time.

The hard copy of the book is available on Amazon for 10.91 and the soft cover version is released today by Amazon, coincidentaly.

The book has 34 short chapters in 8 Parts. We will discuss the Introduction and Part 1 on Tuesday September 22 at 5pm Pacific Daylight time. Because the chapters are short we will try to do two parts a week after that and maybe one part a week toward the end.    You can log in to the conference call 

by dialing 269-320-8400 and entering the access code 881373

I'll try to get an outline or chart out for the first call next week.
This is his web site
http://www.brianmclaren.net/archives/books/brians-books/everything-must-change.html

Dave Rebstock
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