A Spiritual Journey
“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
"People know that at its core, Christianity has something good to offer the human race. At the same time, many have a sense that they are alone in being a “thinking” Christian and that “salvaging” Christianity is a hopeless task.
"What many have longed for is a safe environment where they have permission to ask the questions they’ve always wanted to ask but have been afraid to voice for fear of being thought a heretic. Living the Questions provides a context where people can be liberated from stagnant clichés and pursue their questions and seek to inform their understanding as part of a life-long spiritual journey.
"Through exposure to provocative theological and spiritual insights and the engagement of small group conversation, participants in Living the Questions will experience how profoundly important the journey itself is."
To receive a complete copy of the text used for the first session, please contact Pastor Marj at daytonfirstcong@gmail.com. It will be sent as an email attachment for your perusal as opposed to printing multiple pages, a stewardship practice. (BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHT LAWS, WE CANNOT POST READINGS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS STUDY. Authors David M. Felten and Jeff Procter-Murphy have published Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity just this year, and it contains the materials to be used. Order from your local bookstore and follow along!)
Questions to be considered in light of the video and readings:
How does Mel White define “fundamentalism?”
What evidence do you see of fundamentalists of various faiths organizing themselves into political blocs? Be specific.
How have “killing certainties” crippled the church’s faithfulness to the Gospel?
Describe the advantages of being on a spiritual journey over “arriving” at the truth.
Spong describes the journey into Mystery as going beyond the literalization of scripture, creed, dogma, doctrine, and words. Explain.
What does Flunder mean by the “either/or” God?
According to Fox, how is “not knowing” one of the important dimensions of living in today’s world?
What part does risk-taking play in the spiritual journey?
Virtually all of the DVD contributors admit to having grown increasingly comfortable with uncertainty and suspicious of those who claim to have all the answers. Describe your personal experience of this phenomenon.
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