01Jan
You are invited to the 2019 Eckhardt Mission Series
with the Rev. Dr. Lauren Winner
February 2 & 3, 2019
Saturday, Feb. 2
4 p.m. - First Lecture
4 p.m. - First Lecture
6 p.m. - Dinner*
7 p.m. - Second Lecture
Cardigan Sweaters, Magnolia Trees, and Brioche:
Overlooked Biblical Metaphors for God
Shepherd. Father. Judge. Friend. Light of the world. Alpha and omega. King. Mother hen tending her brood.
Those are some of the ways in which we in the church often image God. But the Bible offers countless other images as well, images the church has largely overlooked for at least a century. Vine. Clothing. Cheesemaker. Bee-keeper. Housekeeper. Gravedigger.
We will explore a handful (or so) often-overlooked biblical images for God. Drawing on contemporary movies, anthropologists' musings, and the writings of medieval mystics, we will ask what it might mean to take seriously the idea that God is, say, clothing. How might we preach a sermon about one of the many biblical passages that invites us to think of God as clothing? What kinds of prayer possibilities open up when we think of God as clothing-as a cardigan sweater, a bespoke suit?
Sunday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Winner will preach in the Historic Church
Sunday Morning Lecture, 10:15 a.m.: Praying the Bible
Scriptural phrases lurk in virtually every sentence of our Sunday liturgy. In this forum, we'll walk through some of the Sunday morning prayers, exploring the original context for the biblical language we pray, and we'll ask what it means for our prayer life that so much of our "common prayer" consists of returning to God the words God gave us in Scripture.
*$10 donation requested for those who are able
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