“Christ’s indwelling presence has freed us from exclusive orientation toward ourselves and opened us up in two directions: toward God, to receive the good things in faith, and toward our neighbor, to pass them on in love.” ~ Miroslav Volf
[Miroslav Volf (born 1956) is an influential Christian theologian and currently the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale University Divinity School and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.]
This email is coming to you quite out of the blue – I truly wish it could come to you on a relational basis. We (Word of Life Church in Missouri) are hosting a unique conference for pastors and church leaders this August – THE FAITH & CULTURE CONFERENCE 2011 with MIROSLAV VOLF, at St. Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark, CO (August 29, 30 & 31). Conference topics will be about getting beyond the dead end of ‘us vs. them’ and how Christians should understand and relate to Muslims.
These Faith & Culture Conferences are normally attended by an eclectic mix of about 115 church leaders from a wide range of denominations. This is a multi-generational, international conference, and last year’s speaker was with Eugene Peterson. As always there was plenty of great conversation and energetic discourse.
Would be OK to send you information about the 2011 conference? We think this conference very well might be of interest to many pastors and leaders in your region – I’d welcome your thoughts about exploring that notion.
Respectfully,
Paul Tassler
Associate Pastor
Word of Life Church
St. Joseph, MO
816.233.6367