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e have now now launched our summer series of conversations called “Theology by the Glass,” held monthly from May through September when many of our regular activities move into summer break mode.
We were really pleased with our last year’s location – the Confusion Corner Bar and Grill, located at the intersection of Pembina and Corydon Avenue – so we’re heading back there for this year’s sessions. Confusion Corner manages to set aside good space for us, and quite happily serve food or a drink or coffee or any combination of the above. Being that they’re working with as a licensed restaurant, they’re also quite okay when people under the age of 18 join us.
These evenings are about the most laid back approach to Christian education that you can imagine. Basically, an article (or podcast) is distributed a week or two in advance of the gathering, which acts as grist for our conversational mill. People gather for 8:00pm, and we stay focused for as long as everyone feels like staying focused (usually about an hour), and then chase all sorts of conversational tangents until everyone is ready to leave.
We have one more session left for the season: Monday September 20. The article for this discussion is called “The Creativity Crisis”, which takes a look at research suggesting that “creativity” is on the decline in our culture, and asks some hard questions as to what educators and church communities might be doing in response to this cultural challenge.