This weekend my church's annual Conclave is happening. Our Conclave isn't to select a new head of the church, it's a gathering of clergy and laity with speakers and opportunities to share the liturgy. This year is the first in person one for a couple of years (not counting the mini-clave here in Australia last year to ordain our bishop). Luckily for me, since travel to the US isn't safe for people like me at the moment, I've been able to watch the talks remotely. I missed the first day due to work/timezones but I caught all of today's talks and they were great as always. Today's talks were:
Theosis and Theurgy: Christian Mysticism as a Magical Narrative by Carl McColman, lay Cistercian and author of The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism among other titles.
St. Athanasius and the Gift of Divinization by Most Rev. Dr William Behun, archbishop of Wisconsin and Primate for the United States of America for Apostolic Johannite Church.
Non-Dualism, The Johannite Tradition, and a Fresh Perspective on Jesus' Message by the newly minted (as in ordained at Conclave today) Rev. Deacon Brad Rees.
Principles of Gnostic Spirituality by Dr M. David Litwa author of 20 books in the fields of early Christian and Gnostic studies.
All of these were enjoyable to listen to and I recommend checking them out when they are uploaded to the Apostolic Johannite Church Youtube channel, which also has lots of recordings of past Conclave speakers.
One more day of speakers tomorrow that I'm excited for, despite the timezones meaning I have to get up at 5am to walk the dog before the first lecture at 5:30.
