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The Wisdom of the Seasons
How the Church Year Helps Us Understand Our Congregational Stories
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eBook - ePub
The Wisdom of the Seasons
How the Church Year Helps Us Understand Our Congregational Stories
About this book
The church year is often seen as a framework for church programs, but well-known Alban author Charles Olsen shows readers how it can be a prism through which congregations more deeply understand their own stories. By weaving together our narratives and those of Christian tradition, a congregation can clarify its identity, grow in wisdom, and discover a new vision and ministry. Olsen draws parallels between the church seasons and practices of spiritual formation--letting go, naming and celebrating God's presence, and taking hold. He shows us how these movements are expressed in the three major cycles of the church year--Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost. Focusing on communal narratives, he presents a process for telling a story and forming a corporate memory of the story, and then deepening and reflecting on it by exploring the season of the church year that captures its character.
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION The Eternal Rhythm of Spiritual Formation
- CHAPTER 1 The Eternal Rhythm in Spiritual Practice
- CHAPTER 2 The Rhythm of Spiritual Formation in Time
- CHAPTER 3 The Waltz of the Gospel
- CHAPTER 4 The Christmas Triad in Churches Named Trinity
- CHAPTER 5 The Easter Triad in Churches Named Trinity
- CHAPTER 6 The Pentecost Triad in Churches Named Trinity
- CHAPTER 7 Toward a New Story
- CHAPTER 8 When the Story Becomes a Song
- APPENDIX A How to Use This Book
- APPENDIX B Giving Testimony
- Notes
- For Further Reference