St. Barnabas Wisdom School Presents Two New Classes Beginning on January 12, and ending February 23, two new Wisdom classes will be held Thursday evenings in the Parish Hall. Participants may start at 5:45 p.m. in the Sanctuary for contemplative prayer and then proceed to the Parish Hall at 6:15 p.m. for announcements. The classes are held from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. The cost is $10 plus cost of text per person for each class. Please call the church office (830-997 -5762), Tom Christofferson (505-412-3470) or Richard Mickelson (830-456-1572) to sign up or for more information. All are welcome!
Embracing an Alternative Orthodoxy Richard Rohr on the Legacy of St. Francis
January 2017 EUCHARISTIC LECTIONARY YEAR A SUNDAY WORSHIP 7:45 AM Holy Eucharist Rite I 9 AM Holy Eucharist Rite II 11 AM Holy Eucharist Rite II Children’s Worship CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 10 AM Adult Classes First Communion Deep Blue One Room Encouragers WEEKDAY WORSHIP 6 PM Wednesday Holy Eucharist Rite II 12 PM Thursday Holy Eucharist & Healing (Chapel)
Embracing an Alternative Orthodoxy, featuring best-selling author and speaker Fr. Richard Rohr, invites you to explore a Christian faith informed by contemplation, mysticism, compassion, justice and centuries of rich Christian history. In a seven-session class using Fr. Rohr’s videos, we will explore such topics as Atonement Theology, Eco-Spirituality, the Cosmic Christ, Orthodoxy vs. Orthopraxy and Mysticism over Moralism. (continued on page 6)
Violence Divine Overcoming the Bible’s Betrayal of Its Non-Violent God
Does “Christianity’s Biblical Express Train” thunder along parallel rails, one of divine violence and the other of divine non-violence? Are the Old Testament God of vengeance and punishment and the New Testament God of forgiveness and mercy simply twin aspects of God’s biblical character? Is the only path to shalom through a valley of capricious divine bloodshed? One of the world’s foremost historical Jesus scholars “helps the church rise above the greatest of Christian treasons: that everlasting peace can only be achieved through the onslaught of divine violence.” (continued on page 6)