Posts by Penny Davis
Jan Phillips in N. Scottsdale Sunday, February 26th
Sunday, February 26th Jan will be preaching at 9:30 on “Turning Our Faith Inside Out” and teaching at 11:00 on “Being Evolutionaries”. Via de Cristo United Methodist Fellowship, 7430 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale AZ 85255, 480-515-4490 or azfct@cox.net Jan writes in her book: These are no ordinary times. We are witnessing and participating in an evolutionary leap unlike anything in our history. There is...
Read MoreResponses to Rachel Held Evans’ Questions
Before her presentation for AzFCT on “Evolving Faith’ Rachel asked two questions on her blog: 1. What made you leave, or consider leaving, the Church? (or, What made you stay?) 2. In what practical ways would you like to see folks from older generations come alongside us as we evolve and make our faith our own? The responses were thoughtful and often beautifully written. If you are wondering what Gen-Xers are thinking...
Read MoreNo Ordinary Time: The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and Evolutionary Creativity–February 24-25
No Ordinary Time: The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and Evolutionary Creativity with author/artist/activist Jan Phillips. Many momentous things have happened to you in your life and each one of them is grist for your creative mill. Each one has provided you with the raw materials to create a life that is meaningful, joyful and spirit-fueled. Had it not been for those breakdowns, catastrophes, and miracles...
Read MoreQuantum Theology: Our Spooky Interconnectedness
It’s possible to avoid God-talk for long stretches of time. Any canny Christian can do that, in order to make friends and influence people. Or just to get relief from bad clichés. But, at a certain point, one has to face up to the profundity and brilliance of the conceptual work that was done in the Western world for more than 1500 years, when it was dominated by the discipline of theology. But we don’t want to reduce...
Read MoreRachel Held Evans–January 21, 2012
Rachel Held Evans is an award-winning author and popular blogger from Dayton, Tennessee—home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. Rachel’s first book, Evolving in Monkey Town explores the relationship between faith and doubt and recounts the challenges of asking tough questions about Christianity in the context of the Bible Belt. She says, ”It’s about moving from certainty, through doubt, to faith. It’s...
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