North American Network Call on May 14th
by Karen Parchman
North American Network Conf. Call 5/14/10 from Leah Hood on Vimeo.
Thank you to all who participated in May’s North American Network Conference Call last week! I found the conversation stimulating and enlightening.
Several comments from our partners in Latin America stood out to me, particularly as Claudio asked us to re-imagine and re-member how to be “the church as a localized people in the diaspora.” Carlos wisely reminded us that the work of the church isn’t “our” work or “their” work: the North and South must work together. Robert asked us to wonder with him about the structures of power that impact relationships. It reminded me that we should be talking about a theology of power that might give us wisdom for how to move forward together.
Please feel free to pass along the link to the audio recording above. There are many church practitioners struggling with some of the same questions that Carlos, Robert and Claudio addressed that could benefit from the conversation.
Again, thanks for your participation. We look forward to hearing from you!
Shalom,
Karen, Bruce, and Leah
May 19th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Hi friends,
Even though we haven’t hung out for 3 years like Jesus and His disciples, I feel that the spirit of Jesus can bring us together in friendship in shorter time because our spirits bear witness to one another that we are His friends!
Thanks for setting this up.
These dialogues are so important to submit for others to wrestle with the same issues who are followers of Jesus.
I want to learn from Richard Twiss and other first nation friends. Their struggles and learning will enrich our own understanding of even the issues we wrestle with as non native peoples. Here’s a link to some of Richard’s key message points on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Richard+Twiss&aq=f
Blessings,
Ivan