LIST OF GATHERINGS
Part Three: Out But Not Down
(in which the writer explores how one avoids getting utterly lost, once one is no longer being driven around by one's church culture.)
Conscience, Sin and the Flesh
(in which the idea that consciences are fallible and subject to manipulation is gone into. What is sin? Is church lifestyle a fleshly strategy?
Comments by Carol and Anne.)
(In the which the ideas that "Christian" standards for treating others sometimes can't keep up with secular ones, and that God insists upon
our actively making life decisions based upon our best judgment are gone into. Comments by Melody, Louisa, Anne, Ruth and J.N. Darby)
(In which the importance of getting a firmer grasp on the concept of grace is gone into. A fictitious conversation with a fictional teen happens.
Comments by Ruth and Jake.)
(In which the idea that Jesus was doing more than bringing newer, stricter, better laws is gone into. The story of Job is looked at.
Comments by Peter and Jake.)
(in which the process of pursuing positive good rather than taking positions against possibly bad stuff is gone into)
(in which the venture of helping to fix problems in arenas where no one admits there are any problems is gone into. Walking alone with God.
A very silly song about a red sweater which lives in a holy washing machine to avoid getting defiled by the wicked world is sang.)
(in which the central place of shame in our culture and the all-too-common Christian practices of self-punishment are gone into.
Comments from Louisa, Jake and Mary.)
(In which the unique problem of needing to know who you are, if who your birth culture says you are is clearly no longer to be trusted,
is gone into. My father tries to retain his Brethren identiy when taking a stand for conscience. Not becoming a d-bag just because
religious people are predicting you will. Comment by Darlene.)
(in which the archetypes and psychology behind hero stories and the fundamentals of dominance hierachies are gone into.
What it means to die to your old self, be born again, grow and change with God into a new person who can handle new things.)
