Charles M. Olsen

The Wisdom of the Seasons (eBook, ePUB)

How the Church Year Helps Us Understand Our Congregational Stories

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The church year is often seen as a framework for church programs, but well-known Alban author Charles Olsen shows readers how it can be a prism through which congregations more deeply understand their own stories. By weaving together our narratives and those of Christian tradition, a congregation can clarify its identity, grow in wisdom, and discover a new vision and ministry. Olsen draws parallels between the church seasons and practices of spiritual formation--letting go, naming and celebrating God's presence, and taking hold. He shows us how these movements are expressed in the three major cycles of the church year--Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost. Focusing on communal narratives, he presents a process for telling a story and forming a corporate memory of the story, and then deepening and reflecting on it by exploring the season of the church year that captures its character.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 203
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781566996778
• Artikelnr.: 41009877

Autorenporträt

Charles M. Olsen has 22 years of pastoral experience in the Presbyterian Church USA and was the founder of Worshipful-Work: Center for Transforming Religious Leadership. His book, Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders, was selected as one of the top ten religious books in 1997 by the Academy of Parish Clergy.