The facilitated workshops began today and there was no shortage of interesting topics being covered. NT Wright was covering material from his new book, Acts for Everyone, Rita was talking on recovering paradise, Michael on God and Evolution, and Frank Viola on a chronological look of the Pauline letters and how to they tie into the book of Acts. Unfortunately you can only be in one place at a time. Luckily all the material from the conference will be available in both video and audio download in a few weeks.
The main session had Rita talking about the shift of the primary image of Jesus from risen to dead. She pointed out that around the 10th century the art in the Christian world began changing and prominent image became that of Jesus on a cross rather than the risen Christ. She went on to elaborate about the cultural context in which this took, mainly a time when power and control were being sought in new ways and fear needed to be used as a tool. I was running some of recording equipment so I couldn't pay as close attention as I would have liked and will need to get a copy of the talk.
In the afternoon there was a great list of options, an art tour around the island with world renown artist John Cox, a long list of workshops, and many impromptu conversations. Mark and I led a workshop on our community in SF and quickly ran out of time as the dialogue was full of energy.
I could feel an invigorated energy in the air throughout the day and as I looked around I saw smiling faces engrossed in laughter and conversation. Soularize definitely pulls together a unique grouping of people from around country and world who are trying to navigate faith in ways that seem true and loving.
The day ended with 6 of us sitting down to dinner with Bishop Tom and his wife. One of the other unique qualities of this "conference" is the access to the speakers and their willingness to participate in not only their plenary sessions but to engage in the conversation as a whole.
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