This time around, or the happenings of (pub)blic theology and new book...
One of the things I love about Journey Church's small group (Pub)lic theology is that it is ever changing, if you will. We have tackled many topics of life, faith, theology, the end of poverty... you know all the easy topics! All the while we have met over a beer (or whatever you choose to drink) in a public place - hence the name (Pub)lic Theology.
The group has been meeting for a while, but that doesn't mean you can't join at any time. Typically we have a book that we are currently reading to help guide discussion. You can get it or not, but either way you should join the discussion. We have just started Muhammad Yunus' Creating a World Without Poverty. So far the discussion on this book has been really good. One point that we made last night was that this is the first book that we have used that doesn't directly talk about God, or Theology. This fact definitely doesn't keep theology from entering the picture though. I think it is because of our theology that we are caused to think of these types of issues. We care about the crisis of Global poverty because our theology causes us to place importance on others. This is a unique discussion that I am really liking. Come join us if you want, we meet (for now, who knows it may change) at BlackFriar Pub on McKinney Ave. in Dallas on Tuesday nights at 7:30.
My friend in Austin, Kester, has a similar group that meets in a pub and he coined this tag line... moderate drinking meets meaningful discourse. That about sums up what are doing to... so come join us.
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Note: Inklings Austin has some good discussion over at their blog if you want to join that discussion.
And HERE is the amazon link for the current book we are reading...
**UPDATE: New location starting week of May 6th - BlackFriar Pub
The group has been meeting for a while, but that doesn't mean you can't join at any time. Typically we have a book that we are currently reading to help guide discussion. You can get it or not, but either way you should join the discussion. We have just started Muhammad Yunus' Creating a World Without Poverty. So far the discussion on this book has been really good. One point that we made last night was that this is the first book that we have used that doesn't directly talk about God, or Theology. This fact definitely doesn't keep theology from entering the picture though. I think it is because of our theology that we are caused to think of these types of issues. We care about the crisis of Global poverty because our theology causes us to place importance on others. This is a unique discussion that I am really liking. Come join us if you want, we meet (for now, who knows it may change) at BlackFriar Pub on McKinney Ave. in Dallas on Tuesday nights at 7:30.
My friend in Austin, Kester, has a similar group that meets in a pub and he coined this tag line... moderate drinking meets meaningful discourse. That about sums up what are doing to... so come join us.
http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Note: Inklings Austin has some good discussion over at their blog if you want to join that discussion.
And HERE is the amazon link for the current book we are reading...
**UPDATE: New location starting week of May 6th - BlackFriar Pub
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