The sexy part, the part I’m personally really looking forward to most, is having Dr Lamoureux down to talk about Jesus + Evolution this Sunday night because I really feel there are far too many people who see science and evolution as some kind of barrier to exploring the Jesus story. For those of us that not only accept, but are fascinated by, and find beauty in, a concept like evolution, I think it’s important to acknowledge that this doesn’t have to be a barrier to spirituality. I may write some more thoughts about this later but the ability to move past the argument and past sound bites is, in my opinion, the more important concept for us to understand as a community, because the skill with which we do that will determine our ability to engage in meaningful dialogue regardless of where we personally stand on the “issues”. Without that we run the risk, in a very real way, of missing the point.

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I’m really looking forward to some more good conversations (slash sparring sessions) with Bob. Last time he was on staff Bob set in motion a good deal of the lines of thoughts that have helped shape some of my thinking over the past year. Probably more than he (or I) realized before our conversation yesterday morning. I’m excited to have someone near who is helping to reconstruct a way forward in this potentially liminal time for the church.

Also, I think he will be a great (re)addition to the teaching team for un’ed.i.ted spirituality.