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Author Name + Book | Possible Angle | Status |
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Esau Mccaulley, Reading While Black | His hope for the Black church today. | |
Don Everts, The Hopeful Neighborhood | ||
L. Michael Morales, Exodus Old and New | what Maila Kim (Deactivated) said about the hope narrative through exodus See video starting at 8:30: https://youtu.be/VzhyU0435dA Allie Noble | |
Cathleen Falsani or Jenny Dyer, The End of Hunger | why we should have hope that the end of hunger in our lifetime is a possibility? | |
Glen Packiam, Worship and the World to Come | Maila Kim (Deactivated) could you share your thoughts for this suggestion? See video starting at 7:45: https://youtu.be/TrSl8SPdDHA Allie Noble | |
Diana Gruver, Companions in the Darkness | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble “There is hope, even in the darkness. We are not alone.” | |
Russ Ramsey, any | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble I’m thinking about his Retelling the Story series. He could probably riff on one of the chapters in his Advent book. | |
Stina KC, Blessed are the Nones | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble “There is hope in the middle of the unknown.” She has lots of great things to say about trust/hope. | |
Tish Warren, Prayer in the Night | finding hope in the darkness | |
Ken Boa, Shaped by Suffering | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble There is hope in the midst of suffering. The suffering can move us, shape us, refine us. | |
Donna + Leroy Barber, Bread for the Resistance + Embrace | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble I’d love to see both Donna and Leroy talk together about hope. Where do they see hope these days? How do they hold on to hope in justice work? | |
PEACE: December 6 - 12
Author Name + Book | Possible Angle | Status |
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Alec Hill, Living in Bonus Time | Finding peace in the face of a disastrous situation | |
Justin Giboney, Compassion (&) Conviction | anything Christina Gilliland (Deactivated) suggestions? | |
Douglas Bursch, Posting Peace | spreading peace on social media | |
Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill, Healing Our Broken Humanity | finding peace amongst our broken humanity | |
Jon Huckins and Jer Swigart, Mending the Divides | peace across contentious divides | |
Irwyn Ince, The Beautiful Community | How the trinity models peace and unity for us | |
MelindaJoy Mingo, Colors of Culture (or Love or Joy?) Lori Neff | peace in cross cultural relationships | |
Skip McDonald, Anxiety LBS | Finding peace in the face of mental illness | |
Juanita Rasmus, Learing to Be | Finding your peace “after the bottom falls out” | |
Sheila Wise Rowe, Healing Racial Trauma | finding peace after racial trauma | |
Nikole Lim, Liberation Is Here | fighting for peace in the face of gender-based violence | |
Ed Gilbreath, Birmingham Revolution | What can we learn about pursuing peace from MLK that is needed for our time today? | |
Jason Gaboury, Wait With Me | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble how can we have peace in loneliness? (Jason can riff on anything and connect it - he’s great) | |
Barbara Peacock, Soul Care in African American Practice | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble We can experience peace in difficult times. She might have a practice or a story/account from history that connects the themes. She might also enjoy talking on one of the other weeks instead. | |
Marlena Graves, The Way Up is Down | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble Marlena captures the paradox of the kingdom. To get ahead, you humble yourself. I think she could have some good things to say about peace. Maybe she could also connect it to her enneagram contribution? | |
Alan Fadling, Unhurried Life | finding peace in the stillness | |
Sharon Garlough Brown | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble Sharon could offer a practice that can move us toward peace, perhaps. |
JOY: December 13 - 19
Author Name + Book | Possible Angle | Status |
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Shundrawn Thomas, Discover Joy in Work | How can we discover joy in work | |
Christine Sine, The Gift of Wonder | discovering the joys of faith | |
Cindy Bunch, Be Kind to Yourself | assessing what brings you joy? | |
Gisela Kreglinger, The Soul of Wine | Experiencing god-given joy in the little things | |
Carmen Joy Imes, Bearing God’s Name | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble I think Carmen could speak on any of the themes, but she might be able to connect to joy well. | |
Steve Wilkens, What’s So Funny About God? | Joy in theology | |
Lacy Finn Borgo, Spiritual Conversations with Children | incorporating joy into a child’s faith development, what we can learn from childlike faith |
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Author Name + Book | Possible Angle | Status |
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Terence Lester, I See You | How to love your neighbor? Why he has felt called to use his own life experiences to love others in return. | |
Dorothy Greco, Marriage in the Middle | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble love may be surprising and hard work, but so worth it. | |
Matt and Laurie Krieg, An Impossible Marriage | How we are called to mirror God’s love for us | |
Gena Thomas, Separated by the Border | What she learned about God's love or Mother love through being a foster mom. | |
Gem and Alan Fadling, What Does Your Soul Love? | finding what your soul loves? | |
David Benner, Surrender to Love | surrendering to love? | |
Jonathan Brooks, Church Forsaken | loving your community | |
Wendy Alsup, Companions in Suffering | walking together in love through difficult times (angle for the many people whoa re grieving during the holidays) | |
Kelly Flanagan, True Companions | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble lasting love in friendship/marriage/faimly looks different than we might imagine. | |
Bethany Hiser, From Burned Out to Beloved | Lori Neff could you share your thought for this suggestion? Allie Noble Bethany could offer a creative practice that helps us connect to the love of God. |