Join us after church in the library at 12:15 pm for DVDs and discussion. Bring a snack or nosh on some of the leftover goodies from coffee hour as we watch a DVD segment on some aspect of what it means to be a Christian in the twenty-first century and discuss what we have seen and how it applies to our lives. Past studies include Faith and American Politics: Liberty and Justice for All, Saving Jesus , Countering Pharoah’s Production-Consumption Society Today, Living the Questions , Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth and Bill Moyers’ interviews with Huston Smith on religions of the world: The Wisdom of Faith .
Digging Deeper Jan. 15 – March 25: What Does a Progressive Christian Believe? A Guide for the Searching, the Open, and the Curious by Delwin Brown
Jan. 15: Chapter 1: What Progressive Christianity is Not
Jan. 22: Chapter 2: Bible: Negotiating the Heritage
Jan. 29: Chapter 3: Christ: Overturning the Categories
Feb. 19: Chapter 4: God: Exploring the Depth
Mar. 11: Chapter 5: Humanity: Continuing the Creation
Mar. 18: Chapter 6: Sin: Failing and Hiding
Mar. 25: Chapter 7: Salvation: Seeking and Finding
April 15: Chapter 8: Church: Serving and Being Served
April 22: Epilogue: Rightly Mixing Religion with Politics
(Please note that the first Sunday of each month there will be no Digging Deeper Discussion. That day is reserved for the 2:00 pm, monthly CUF worship service at the Dirigo Pines memory loss unit, The Arbor.) Also no Digging Deeper discussions on Feb. 12 (Q&A session on proposed sanctuary restoration) or Feb. 26 (vote on proposal).