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2020 Jesus Patterned Biblical Spirituality Virtual Summit

Day One
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(handouts are hotlinked under each Speaker & Talk Title).

Day One Schedule:
Welcome & Prayer
Summit Overview

Sarah Heath: Faithful Deconstruction
Faithful Deconstruction Handout

Kathy Escobar: Practicing Changing Yourself to Change the World
Practicing Handout Kathy Escobar

Day Two
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(handouts are hotlinked under each Speaker & Talk Title).

Day Two Schedule:
Welcome & Prayer

Danielle Shroyer: Original Blessing: Putting Sin in Its Rightful Place
Original Blessing notes JPBS

Interview with Dr. Barry Huff

Sarah Heath: Reimagining Belonging
Reimagining Belonging Handout (1)

Day Three
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(handouts are hotlinked under each Speaker & Talk Title).

Day Three Schedule:
Welcome & Prayer

Kathy Escobar: Reimagining Faith
Reimagining Faith Kathy Escobar

Danielle Shroyer: My Journey as a Soul Ninja
Soul Ninja notes JPBS

Richard Davenport: Closing Remarks
Jesus of the People picture: Janet McKenzie: https://www.janetmckenzie.com/

AmiLynne Carroll: Final Thoughts

Panel Discussion
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Additional Videos

Woman at the Well:
https://youtu.be/Q49BbfgJbto

Reasons Why People Don’t Go To Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUJpJyth3J4

Central Church: Amazing Grace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3SQlTIjJ2U

Our Father’s Porch

https://youtu.be/r2VPylBGJrc

Thai Phone Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVrQqWIs6ZE

Thai Insurance Commercial
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Carrie Newcomer — Room at the Table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92OM5bdQ4N4

Carrie Newcomer — Lean in Toward the Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAUmNjWaIs

Charities Supported by the JPBS Virtual Summit:

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER: https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/countries

WATER.ORG: https://water.org

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: https://www.ijm.org

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JPBS Asilomar 2019
Bible & Spiritual Life Conference

Friday Audio Not Available
“The Kingdom of God and Changing the Vertical Qualities of Our Spiritual Life”

Saturday Morning Audio: Click HERE to listen (audio only)
“The Kingdom of God and Changing the Horizontal Qualities of Our Spiritual Life”

*Lola: Opening Song
*Richard: Conference Theme, Today’s Focus on the Horizontal
*Lola
*Barry: The Centrality of Connectedness in the Kingdom of God Explore this topic from Paul’s development of the body of Christ, as well as First Corinthians, the gifts of the Spirit, and his baptismal formula (Galations 3:26-28.)
*Helen: Thy Kindom Come “Community today can no longer be a single tradition. It has to be the planet.” (Huston Smith) Finding our relationship with God in our relationship with our neighbor.
*Lola
*Barry: Overview of Themes of Connectedness Overview of themes of inclusivity, diversity, and creation care in the Bible, along with repentance in Job as a means of deepening a sense of connectedness to God, one another, and creation

Saturday Afternoon Audio: Click HERE to listen (audio only)
“The Kingdom of God and Changing the Horizontal Qualities of Our Spiritual Life”

*Helen: Rooftop Visions and Liminal Spaces
Standing on the threshold: “God has shown me…” God spoke to Peter on the rooftop activating a major disruption that catalyzed and authorized a whole new direction for the early Church. A close look at the strategies, approaches and ingredients employed by Paul and Peter and James to successfully integrate their visions into existing traditions and structures (Acts 10, 11, 15).

*Barry: Biblical Visions of Inclusivity and Diversity
During the years after the Babylonian exile when leaders like Ezra and Nehemiah were excluding those they deemed “other” from the Jerusalem community, the authors of Job, Ruth, Jonah, and Isaiah 56-66 emphasized foreigners’ devotion to God and God’s embrace of all people. Explore how these postexilic biblical texts can broaden our expression of community.

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JPBS Virtual Book Club Gathering

June 2020

Practicing: Changing Yourself to Change the World
Kathy Escobar
Click HERE to listen to the 12noon CDT audio recording

May 2020

Original Blessing: Putting Sin in Its Rightful Place
Danielle Shroyer
Click HERE to listen to the 12noon CDT audio recording

April 2020

What’s Your Story: Seeing Your Life Through God’s Eyes
Sarah Heath
Click HERE to listen to the 12noon CDT audio recording

December 2019

Miracles and Other Reasonable Things: A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God
Sarah Bessey
Click HERE to listen to audio recording

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Grace Journeys with Richard Davenport Series

Grace Journeys Conversations held at The Well in Brentwood MO
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Session One How do we understand Jesus Patterned Biblical Spirituality and some key terms and resources for our Grace Journeys Conversations? Referencing authors Philip Yancey, Kate Bowler, Sarah Bessey, Rob Bell, and Peter Enns.

Session Two What does Jesus Patterned Biblical Spirituality look like in the Bible? Correcting our interpretative lens for experiencing God in our lives and reconstructing and re-purposing our faith. Referencing author Brian McLaren.Need talk title and show notes from Richard

Session Three If believing that God’s purpose for Jesus’ dying is as a necessary blood ransom for my sin isn’t working for me any more, how is Jesus my Savior? Explore Jesus as Savior through surprise, awe, wonder, surrender, and vulnerability to become more like him. Referencing authors Phyllis Tickle, Danielle Shroyer, and Richard Rohr.

Session Four How can we respond to so many today (perhaps us) feeling skeptical of the institutions and traditions associated with central values like faith, patriotism, and family? Can we move from religious traditions of certainty and rewards for obedience and appearances towards a paradoxical understanding of the recurring biblical themes of exodus, wilderness, and promised land (discussed here in three historical occurrences in the Bible)? Referencing Thomas Merton.

Session Five Once when I worked as a character and spiritual life educator for a Christian organization I was told that I could hire speakers as part of my work but that “they had to be between the forty yard lines” (referring to midfield on an American football field). The instructions meant that any speakers I hired couldn’t be controversial or really anywhere but solidly in hte middle and inoffensive to anyone. As I reflected on it, it occurred to me that in sports there are a lot of things you could do from midfield, but scoring is not usually one of them. This session discusses our need to be “playing” way beyond the forty yard lines, because that alone defines the Jesus pattern. No where, at any time, is Jesus seen playing at midfield. The Holy Spirit, featured in a discussion of Acts 9:36 – 10:48, pursues Jesus’ game plan. Referencing robbell.com.

Session Six According to Matthew 5:23-24, God treasures above all else — including the worship of God — how we treat one another. How does this Jesus pattern of biblical spirituality inform the economic issues of our time regarding fair wages, income inequality, care for those on the margins, sharing of wealth, provision of health, and the massive changes that artificial intelligence is bringing to the employment landscape? Can we look beyond just the ethics to the motives and animating spirituality behind our actions of justice? Referencing “A New Purpose for the Corporation,” Fortune, September, 2019.

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