worship practices — Seminary Stowaways

A Better View of the Mountain

Welcome aboard, Stowaways! This week on Seminary Stowaways, we welcome our first guest, friend of the pod, Brion Daugherty. Brion spent 4 years working on his PhD in Old Testament at the University of Bristol, in addition to being a super brain he’s a down-to-earth, lovely person. And he was kind enough to answer all our questions as we prepare to jump head-first into Worship Practices. We’ll be running into the Old Testament everywhere we turn in this class, but first, we needed to know: “Why does the Old Testament matter so much?” “Can you be a good Christian and not know anything about the Exodus or the Passover?” Stick around for this one, folks.

Hannah ConnorApril 15, 2019seminary, stowaways, discussion, faith, christianity, christian, church, old testament, bible, spirituality, belief, conversation, god, men, women, religion, brion daugherty, worship practices

My Thinking Cap

This week Luann and I are take some time to build a framework before we jump into the next class that she tackled in seminary: Worship Practices. We’re doing this because the class turned out to be totally different that she expected. Like any class, content is very influence by the teacher, and her teach this term came from a very strong viewpoint. Luann found herself dissatisfied with the explanations that she was being given. As she asked more and more questions, well… it started to reminded her of the days that drove her away from the church all those years ago. And that led to many conversations between the two of us. About the very specific theology this professor embraces, about the places where critical thinking isn’t always welcome and even (eventually) about Worship Practices).

Hannah ConnorApril 1, 2019discussion, christian, christianity, critical thinking, worship practices, seminary, stowaways, spiritual, spirituality, women, men, faith, bible, belief, church, god, religion, honesty