Center Sage (Spring 2008)
Live, Learn, Pass It On!
The Practical Benefits of Generations Growing Together in Faith
By Patty Meyers
Congregations are intergenerational, but many fail to make the most of the amazing gifts of generations learning together. Instead, peers are segmented from the whole to talk about faith and help each other grow spiritually, creating an unintentional disconnect within the congregation.
Live, Learn, Pass It On! is written to help the church build on its greatest asset, people . . . as they pass on understandings of faith and discipleship to the next generations.
Adult Children and Aging Parents
Adult children should take advantage of the time when everyone is gathered together to initiate a conversation with parents and family members about "what if" scenarios and health and financial concerns.
Reading with Deeper Eyes: The Love of Literature and the Life of Faith
By William H. Willimon
Good literature allows a reader to glimpse the world through another's eyes and thereby to see in fresh ways how God is at work in the world. William H. Willimon looks at ten works of literature, ranging from The Odyssey and the Book of Job to works by Dostoevsky, Anne Tyler, Flannery O'Connor, and Walker Percy. By retelling and interpretting these stories, Willimon points to the truth-telling implications about life, about God, and about human beings thaht have been captured in these writings. This book describes stories that can teach us much about discipleship and an awareness of God's presence and activity around us.
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