5. Theological Banquet: Ecumenicals

5. Theological Banquet: Ecumenicals

We’re on the fourth of five episodes focused on Janet Gear’s best-selling book, Undivided Love. We’ve learned that, in any United Church, there are likely to be represented five streams of lived faith. The church community could be imagined as gathering at one large...
5. Theological Banquet: Ecumenicals

4. Theological Banqet: Missionals

This is the third of five episodes delving into Janet Gear’s work laid out in her best-selling book, Undivided Love. We’ve learned that, in any United Church, there are likely to be represented five streams of lived faith. The church community could be imagined as...
5. Theological Banquet: Ecumenicals

3. Theological Banquet: Ecclesials

The previous episode introduced Janet Gear’s work in her best-selling book, Undivided Love. We learned that, in any United Church, there are likely to be represented five streams of lived faith. The church community could be imagined as gathering at one large banquet,...
5. Theological Banquet: Ecumenicals

2. Theological Banquet: Evangelicals

United Church proponents may assume we all speak the same language about God. We may even think we agree on what we are called to do as an active church community. But, as Janet Gear explains in her best-selling book, Undivided Love, there are actually five different...
5. Theological Banquet: Ecumenicals

1. The Barefoot Preacher

There is power in a pair of shoes. Privilege in a pair of sneakers. Inclusion in a pair of sandals. In Western culture, people without shoes are denied access to ordinary places and everyday spaces. And yet, for hundreds of years, being barefoot has been a symbol of...