by Roll Over Menno
Roll Over Menno would like to alert concerned Mennonites to the following:
Brian McLaren and Rene Girard to speak at upcoming Preaching Peace Conferences.
“Preaching Peace’ spreads nonviolent messagePreaching Peace, which draws on speakers from a variety of Christian backgrounds, offers several nonviolent atonement seminars each year on topics ranging from “Perceptions of God That Lead to Violence” to “Restorative Justice as Forgiveness.”
In 2008, prominent speakers such as author Brian McLaren, theologian Jurgen Moltmann and (Rene) Girard will take part in some of the ministry’s other offerings…
…Though most Anabaptist churches are familiar with the gospel of peace already, Hardin said there is a need for renewal among Mennonites who have been swayed by mainstream or fundamentalist ideas about politics, warfare and faith.
…Hardin said. “We are out there really looking to inspire . . . new ways of thinking and being the church.”
See conference details here:
http://www.preachingpeace.org/makingpeace.htm
An interesting note here might be something else that Michael Hardin says about these new ways of thinking in a recently published book endorsed by emerging church leader Brian McLaren called Stricken by God?. This book is an ecumenical collection of essays questioning the theory of the sacrificial blood atonement as the church understands it. Click here to read more and for links.
