And another good one - aimed at older teens/ young adults but OK wider as well is "The Sacred Life of Us" - only been released for a month or so. By Phil Daughtry
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Lawrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:37 AM > Subject: RE: Easy reading - sound theology > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > I know a couple of congregations who have found Bill Loader's book "Dear > > Kim, this is what I believe" an excellent starting point for reading and > > reflection. > > > > The whole book is now available for free download at > > http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/DearKim.htm. It's slightly revised > > from the now out-of-print published edition. > > > > (and some chapters are available in French also, just in case some of the > > congregations in the Mid-Lachlan Mission Area are more comfortable with > > that...) > > > > Cheryl > > > > __________________________________ > > Cheryl Lawrie > > Children and Families Coordinator > > Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania > > > > http://cecm.victas.uca.org.au > > Phone +61 3 9852 7433 > > Fax +61 3 9852 7483 > > > > > > > > On Monday, October 13, 2003 9:13 AM, Tom Stuart [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > I think one of the things that we have learned through this debate about > > > homosexuality is the theological and biblical illiteracy of our > > > congregations. It is what I have experienced across the Mid-Lachlan > > Mission > > > Area, and I notice a reference to it in a resolution of the NSW Synod. > > > > > > > > > > > > It is not a new realisation that the easy reading material that fills so > > > much of our Christian Bookshops is the Christian version of "get rich > > quick" > > > crap. Most of it seems to be some version of "providence theology". > > > > > > The vast majority of people in the congregations where I minister find > > the > > > more serious theological material inaccessible. It is too hard. > > > > > > I am wondering what books people have found that are easy to read but > > draw > > > on the rich tradition of faith that is concerned about the priorities of > > > Jesus ministry, opening the grace of God to everyone, a priority to the > > > poor, subverting domination systems, and finding hope in the hopeless. > > > These may be in the form of novels, or parables, children's books, > > videos, > > > faith sharing books. I feel I need to provide some guidance in > selection > > of > > > reading material around here so that I don't spend all my time battling > > on > > > Sunday with all the garbage that genuinely committed Christians have > been > > > reading through the week!! > > > > > > I'm sure these books are out there. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > www.milman.uniting.com.au > > > > > > Ph: 6862 5502 Mobile: 0427 625 502 > > > > > > 14 Bushman St > > > > > > Parkes NSW 2870 > > > > > > > > > > > > 'Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable'. > > > > > > I prefer to die living than to live dying! > > > > > > "War is a poor chisel with which to carve out the future." - Martin > > Luther > > > King, Jr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > I've stopped 187 spam messages. You can too! > > > One month FREE spam protection at www.cloudmark.com > > > <http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnet?v1> > > > <http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnet?v1> Cloudmark SpamNet - Join the > fight > > > against spam! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > << File: ATT00005.html >> << File: image001.gif >> << File: > > sanitizer.log >> > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message > body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
