Sep 12, 2019
#pubtheology in the #heartofmidtown discussed storms, weather, climate and stewardship. (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UIj2TBiyk/?igshid=kyj39io2ktgb
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#pubtheology in the #heartofmidtown discussed storms, weather, climate and stewardship. (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UIj2TBiyk/?igshid=kyj39io2ktgb
Join us for #pubtheology tonight from 7-8pm at the Alley Kat (3718 Main St.) where we will discuss: What is the worst storm or weather event you have ever experienced? Where is God in a storm? Discuss the challenge of believing in a sovereign God as your life is literally being torn apart. What amount of culpability do you put on human activity for the increase in severe weather events? How important of an issue is it for you to act in response to climate change? How do you foresee global climate change playing out in the next 10 to 50 years? Can people of faith who skeptical about climate change be convinced to act based on a theology of stewardship and creation care? Genesis 2:15 says, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” How does a theology of stewardship square with free market capitalism in a post-industrial society? Is asking nearly 8 billion people to live in harmony with the Earth an impossible request? “We are part of nature yet we have decided to be nicer than nature.” ~Frank Schaeffer. Are we? Have we? “Science can’t predict what stories my children’s great grandchildren will tell. The ultimate story about the experience of our journey into consciousness is a closed book to theologians and scientists alike, but it is not a book without promise. At this point we’ve barely cracked the introduction, and already smartass scientists and theologians pretend they know not just how the story started but how it ends—and worse—what it means or doesn’t mean.” ~Frank Schaeffer. Discuss the dilemma presented here - that perhaps the meaning of being human is beyond the grasp of said humans. (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2R2LYNhcdg/?igshid=12xa1qioozpz7
#pubtheology discussed Jobs, work and success. #LaborDay #heartofmidtown (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2B5vkEBuYE/?igshid=10htszyg6j5re
Join us this evening for #pubtheology from 7-8pm at the Alley Kat (3718 Main St.) where we will discuss: What was your first job? Worst job? Best job? What do you consider a ‘living wage’? Discuss the challenges many people face as housing and health care costs rise faster than wages. What solutions would you like to see to help those of us who are struggling to get by? Do you think more people struggle economically because they don’t work hard enough, or because there are outside factors and systemic challenges that prevent them from succeeding? “Take up one idea, make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” ~Swami Vivekananda. Discuss. “It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.” ~Mark Cuban. Do you agree? Discuss these verses from 2 Thessalonians 3:10-11: “For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.” (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_zvB1hyUB/?igshid=130kv4h9lcsr7
Join us tomorrow evening for #pubtheology in the #heartofmidtown from 7-8pm at the Alley Kat (3718 Main Street) where we will discuss: How successful would you need to be to retire before the age of 40? Would you want to be in that position? Andrew Luck, quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL, just retired at age 29. He had a history of injuries, yet was entering a season where the Colts were deemed a Super Bowl contender. “I haven’t been able to live the life I want to live,” he said, referring to both the pain of his injuries and the degree of dedication required to recover from them. “It’s taken the joy out of this game.” Discuss his decision to walk away from millions of dollars and a situation he had prepared his whole career to be in. If you were a Colts fan how do you think you would react to this news? A study in 2006 found that people who wrote down their positive experiences in a diary reported greater feelings of life satisfaction, and the effect lasted for up to two weeks afterwards. This was to counterbalance our natural tendency to hold on to negative moments more than positive ones. If you practiced this, do you think it would make you happier? In the Book of Ecclesiastes, there is a proverb: “Better one hand full of quiet than two hands full of striving after wind.” Discuss. How do you define whether something is “good”? Is there such a thing as a capital-G “Good”? What is the biblical sense of this? The opening chapter of the Bible says, “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31). Do you believe this goodness remains at the foundation of creation and the universe? What is your take on how and when things became “less good”? (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rWx0dB-si/?igshid=erqgcgt8cx5z
#pubtheology discussed Music, God-talk and stages of spiritual growth. #heartofmidtown (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1eXuYvBGIG/?igshid=1hic4maq5kw44
Join us for #pubtheology tomorrow night from 7-8pm at the Alley Kat (3718 Main St.) where we will discuss: What is the best flavor of licorice? How important is the theological message of a song or hymn to you in a worship setting? When someone uses language like, “God told me…” or “God is at work in the situation…” — what does that bring up for you, and how do you respond? If you use this language yourself, share about that experience. In his book, M. Scott Peck speaks of four stages of spiritual growth. While oversimplified, discuss these stages: Stage 1: Self-obsessed; Stage 2: Conformist; Stage 3: Individualist; Stage 4: Integrated. How have you seen or experienced these stages yourself? In others? Please note that the model is not pejorative, it describes stages we all (potentially) pass through, but makes no claims about the rightness or wrongness of a particular stage. Peck assesses that most believers are churchgoers are in Stage 2. How does that strike you? At its annual meeting earlier this month, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) not only passed statements condemning patriarchy and white supremacy, but made national news for declaring itself a “sanctuary church body.” Hundreds of delegates joined Lutheran activists in marching a mile to the Milwaukee office of the federal office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, where they held a prayer vigil and posted 9.5 theses on care for refugees and other immigrants. Is this a case of a church being “too political” or doing the right thing? #heartofmidtown (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Z5SoFhT5Q/?igshid=1rrd0v5pze10y
#pubtheology discussed back to school, education and faith. #heartofmidtown (at Alley Kat Bar & Lounge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MAbHsBrWe/?igshid=6niu4kmoju41