Sacred Roots Workshop

54 Sacred Roots Workshop: Retr ieving the Great Tradi t ion in the Contemporary Church

1. Stories introduce us to sacramental presences .

2. Stories are always more important than facts .

3. Stories forever remain normative ( authoritative ) for the Christian community of faith.

4. Christian traditions evolve and define themselves through and around stories.

5. The stories of God precede, produce, and empower the community of God’s people.

6. Community story implies censure, rebuke, and accountability .

7. Stories produce theology .

8. Stories produce many theologies .

9. Stories produce ritual and sacrament .

10. The stories in the canonical Scriptures are neither fiction nor invented; rather, these stories are history .

D. Thy Kingdom Come: the Kingdom of God in Scripture

1. The canonical Scriptures are the ultimate point of reference for truth , and find their foci on God’s revelation of himself in Jesus Christ.