Sacred Roots Workshop

Ses s i on 1: Your Ki ngdom Come : “The Stor y of God’ s Gl or y” 15

2. The Picture and the Drama : From Before to Beyond Time (see Appendix)

3. Living in the Upside-Down Kingdom of God: True Myth and Biblical Fairy Tale (see Appendix)

4. Philosophical big picture: Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future (see Appendix)

E. Components of a guiding worldview: (Arthur Holmes)

1. It has a wholistic goal. (Where did we come from and where are we going?)

2. It is a perspectival approach. (From what vantage point do we see things?)

3. It is an exploratory process. (How do we continue to understand our lives?)

4. It is pluralistic. (What other views are suggested by our collective vision?)

5. It has action outcomes. (What ought we to do in light of our mythic vision?)

F. The importance of the biblical framework of the Kingdom

1. Kingdom teaching is the ultimate point of reference.

2. Teaching on the kingdom story was the heart of Jesus’ teaching.