January Adventure – 2

Epworth-by-the-Sea was the venue for January Adventure.  Epworth is located on St. Simons Island, adjacent to Brunswick, Georgia.  It serves as a retreat center of the United Methodist Church, and it holds the ‘January Adventure’ as a yearly renewal opportunity for church leaders.
The median age of the people attending January Adventure was striking.  There were [...]

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January Adventure – 1

I looked at the notice in a summer Christian Century.  Walter Brueggemann and Barbara Brown Taylor were going to be speaking at at 3–day event in Georgia.  Brueggemann’s topic was Jeremiah, and Taylor’s was about spiritual practices.
I remember being intrigued by the opportunity.  They are both favorites of mine.  But the distance and time made it [...]

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