Eco-Faith Recovery and LeavenProject offer…
An Ecology of Grace and Justice for Our Times:
Organizing in the Bio-Commons for Lutherans (OBC)
OBC invites Lutheran leaders along with other Ecumenical leaders to engage together our global eco-crisis out of the richness of our theological and spiritual tradition through the lenses of organizing. A deeply integrated approach challenges us to delve deeply into the biblical, theological, economic, ecological and spiritual dimensions of this crisis. Through reading and reflection, engaging our own stories personally and institutionally, and opening ourselves to creative dialog, OBC aims to connect us more strongly to our core values and to challenge us to live out those values in our current context. Together, we are awakening to our global double crisis of economy and ecology.Contact us if you are interested in participating in the next course!
The goals of OBCL:
• To bring together Lutheran lay and ordained leaders who bring expertise and passion to care for creation, in prayer, reflection and action;
• To deepen our understanding of the world’s economic and ecological situation;
• To engage the well of our tradition and to respond theologically and spiritually to the world;
• To build relationships based on common interests and concerns;
• To agitate imaginative local responses to the ecological/economic crisis;
Schedule
The pilot class of 28 people met during the spring of 2012 on the following Fridays from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm:
Jan. 27, Feb. 24, March 16, April 20, and May 18
Key Questions:
1. What is the story of how we got here?
2. What are the root assumptions and core dynamics of our economic and ecological systems?
3. What are some on-the-ground, successful alternatives that people can test in their local communities?
4. What are the fundamental spiritual/theological questions rising from our crisis? How do some of the suggested options respond to those questions?
We ground these key questions in several sources:
1. The classical economic factors of production, land, labor and capital.
2. The pressures on our families and institutions from this double crisis, as land, labor and capital have been radically transformed.
3. Biblical, theological and spiritual traditions which interpret, inform and inspire our current reflection and action.
4. Spiritual practices which undergird and ground our reflection and action in an engaged spirituality.
We carefully explore the connections between our stories of our intergenerational families and the story of our unfolding crisis. We engage in theological/spiritual reflection related to our on-the-ground experience and thinking.
Leadership:
The course is led by the following members of the EcoFaith Recovery Core Team: Mr. Dick Harmon, Rev. Robyn Hartwig, Rev. Terry Allen Moe, and Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin. (Brief biographies of the leaders are available here.)
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