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The River Beyond the Dam
Shooting the Rapids of Progressive Christianity: A Memoir
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eBook - ePub
The River Beyond the Dam
Shooting the Rapids of Progressive Christianity: A Memoir
About this book
A modern, ex-Christian, tree-hugging American woman comes up against a strange wish for church--but only if it could be radically different from what she's known. It would have to be one steeped in women's equality and freedom of thought. Unexpectedly, she finds herself on a journey like a canoe trip. The journey will heal her past, widen her present world, and offer hope for the future. Guided by her experiences in river canoeing--navigating the river, learning its currents, and riding its sparkling energy--her story unfolds through twelve years of pointed questions, congenial fellow travelers, and zesty discoveries.
She experiences firsthand what she cannot get from a solo journey, including what it is to support Native Americans, and how Black womanist theology can make her a better white ally of Black women. Paddling the river, she is helped around fallen trees of biblical mistranslation and anti-woman dogma. After a cold-water crash, she repairs her canoe and emerges joyful again with a new, more flexible strength. Looking ahead, she follows clues about how the river is changing other churches--renewing and making them better neighbors and climate activists.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- 1: An Unlikely Quest
- 2: First Visit
- 3: A River in Motion
- 4: The Widow’s Mite Story Explodes Something in Me
- 5: Who Are These People?
- 6: Joining Up
- 7: First Duties
- 8: Panama
- 9: A Matinee Idol Arrives
- 10: Wherein I Visit a Fox News Church
- 11: A Raucous Christmas Pageant
- 12: Head Trips
- 13: Beach Spirit
- 14: Birthday Eco-Present
- 15: Earth Day: My Turn in the Pulpit
- 16: Conflict Rears its Head
- 17: A Just Peace
- 18: Joining Hands with Lummi Nation
- 19: Confessing a Dislike for America’s Favorite Hymn
- 20: Lost in Translation
- 21: Of Goldilocks, Kitchen Timers, and Blood Sacrifice
- 22: Church and Baseball
- 23: Your Place is in Your Watershed?
- 24: Our Congregation Upended
- 25: My Brilliant Career
- 26: Hitting the Skids
- 27: Outside
- 28: Back in the Boat
- 29: Easter Reclaimed
- 30: Black Womanists Matter
- 31: Comedy Within a Tragic Pattern
- 32: A Human Place, a Gutsy Place. A Place for Me.
- Bibliography
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