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Thanks George. I appreciate your post. Expanding the Process woldview is the whole reason we are all so committed to this certification program. It can become difficult to decide to commit to a wisdome tradition given the impact of religiosity. I found solace in page 245, quoting Cobb, “As one who believes that there is a deep human need to have a comprehensive understanding of one’s relaity and a coherence of thought an action, I believe religion in this sense to be very important.” Glad you are in this course! Keep the reflections coming.

[Leslie King]

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Thanks Tom and Evan – I appreciate the thread here and will definitely be folding this into subsequent efforts should this course continue in the Certification electives.

Hi Chris – Is the group meeting this week? I am in the waiting room.

Eric – thank you for sharing the story of your parents and of your mom’s continued practices. Embarrassed to say that I don’t believe I have ever thought about practices/busy-i-ness as organizing away from chaos. But that seems really right to me. In my own appropriated yogic practice, stillness (savasana) has been one of the most challenging things to culitivate for myself. I’ve spend a fair amount of energy focusing on it so that I can sympathetically guide others through it.
Of course, ultimately what you suggest for me is some balance between the demands of busy-i-ness or the rigors of spiritual practice and the opportunity just “be”.

Thank you both for laying this out there. Among the questions I continue to host in my faith journey, there are several that are important for me related to scripture: Do I intend to understand this text as knowing the mind of the divine? If so, how I shall I substantiate that knowing? Do I intend to understand this text as prescriptive for living? What are the benefits of understanding this text as provocative rather than prescriptive?

Daniel thanks for your beautiful articulation of the agonies of so many. I do think this critique depends on understanding that scripture/sacred text…knows the mind of God.

Rick – I think your assessment of codes of conduct as premodern might be really right. If the texts are actually provocative in nature, perhaps the goal of such codes of conduct being lifted up or violated is meant to catalyze questions regarding behavior among the listeners/readers.

Again, I really appreciated your posts….generative conversation and thought toward practical and practicable ends.

Daniel – I could not agree more that it is quite a challenge to engage a healthy process approach to reading scripture. A health process approach would attend respectfully to the past and well as to what is emerging in the present. I’ve attached a worksheet that I use toward that end.

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Thank you both. I really enjoyed this exchange and modeling of interfaith poetry. Strong resources for all of us on the matter of beauty.

Hi David – Thank you for your reflections. I’m curious about your statement: “So, this statement by Susan that God’s omnipotence is essential to God’s creative and responsible creativity is an eye opener to me.” I did not, in the article on Covenant and Creative Responsibility hear her arguing for omnipotence as essential. Can you say more about this?

Thank you Bill and Eric for this conversation. on Sunday mornings in Waco, our Science and Faith Christian Formation class has discussed the interrelationships of agnosticism, atheism, and believing. To the list you have added freethinking. In Waco we have wondered, are not all these characterizations of a person God-stance less a state of being and more a dance at work throughout the inner life of spiritually discerning people? In other words, what typified agnosticism, atheism or believing can be informing and nuancing one person’s critical reflections. I enjoy our Waco conversations on this subject because it seems we are more free to participate in constructive theology rather than notions of adherence or rejection.

Nice reflections Tom – I’m so pleased this course provides new ways to understand the world religions/worldviews. The substantiveness of each does not threaten the identity of the rest but enriches our reflections to stand within the traditions that we are given and or choose.

Thank you Evan and Bill – a powerful exchange on beauty and creativity that Dr. Lubarsky so powerfully explained.

Good afternoon Eric – thanks for your personal and thought-provoking post. Hooray for New York in their efforts 50 years ago. I’m intrigued by the image of Whitehead’s God as Atlas. I’ve always imagined Whitehead’s God as more a flow of energy that sustains and allows for emergence. Looking forward to being with you this evening for a conversation about creativity and beauty from Jewish process thought.

Hi Evan – Thank you for your post. Its wonderful to hear that indigenious ways of knowing is a strong course beginning for you. Your caution against dabbling is appreciated in a survey course like this one. I can imagine that we all hope to build a space together for genuine curiosity and vulnerability.

Thanks Jamie and welcome to the course! Sounds fascinating to be involve in the CWPR think tank. Grateful you are bringing that energy into our shared space.