As more and more people pack their bags and leave traditional church behind, what will faith outside the center begin to look like? As people in churches long for fuller, more robust spirituality, how will they converse with a world that is frustrated by and closed off to institutional religion? This week, we look at these questions and more. We'll also talk about some of the spiritual lingo flying around during the election season, and how it points to the frustration many have with churches today. The idea of decentralized faith has challenges and opportunities for people in need of change, across the spectrum of the Christian faith (or lack thereof), and we begin to scratch the surface of this coming shift in the way we do spiritual life.
Notes on some works quoted this week:
-Alison references a quote (on walking and chewing gum) that was from a profound post by Ayanna Mathis via Instagram
-We quote from The Great Emergence by Phyllis Tickle
-We quote from Culture Care by Makoto Fujimura
(We really recommend those books for deeper reading!)
