{"id":7342,"date":"2015-01-06T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?p=7342"},"modified":"2015-01-20T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T22:03:59","slug":"spiritual-explorers-adult-forum-december-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?p=7342","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Explorer’s Book Club – Meets January 27"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"photoThe Spiritual Explorers Book Club<\/em><\/strong> is an effort to engage anyone and everyone in an on-going conversation about the meaning of faith and community. Sponsored by the Spiritual Enrichment Team of St. Luke\u2019s in Montclair, we hope that you\u2019ll join us as we traverse the deep and diverse contours of faith \u2013 including the Christian faith that we profess as well as others \u2013 while appreciating the centrality of community in its expression. All are welcome! To join us, email Walter Booker at\u00a0booker@slechurch.org<\/a>. Our next meeting will be held Tuesday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Rectory. Please read the required piece about Martin Luther King, Jr., by clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Are you interested in enriching your own faith journey by experiencing the wisdom of the ages as well as\u00a0<\/em>new discoveries in the modern era, all in the company of fellow Spiritual Explorers?<\/em>Do you like learning about aspects of different faiths and how these have developed over the years?<\/em>Have you ever wondered what other faiths believe and how this compares and contrasts to what you believe?<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Have you ever wondered what some of the great theologians, both ancient and modern, have contributed\u00a0<\/em>to our understanding of God and how we experience Him\/Her\/It?<\/em>Have you ever wondered how to live your faith more meaningfully, taking lessons learned in church\u00a0<\/em>and reflecting them more powerfully in your everyday life?<\/em><\/div>\n
Then join the Spiritual Explorers<\/em><\/strong>!In the coming year of 2015, based on our members\u2019 interests, we will explore both Christian wisdom and that of other faiths as we traverse the insights and offerings of spiritual savants like\u2026Jesus of Nazareth
\n<\/em>Muhammad
\n<\/em>Buddha
\n<\/em>Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
\n<\/em>Karen Armstrong
\n<\/em>Dietrich Bonhoeffer
\n<\/em>John Shelby Spong
\n<\/em>John A.T. Robinson
\n<\/em>St. Augustine
\n<\/em>Obery Hendricks
\n<\/em>Henri Nouwen
\n<\/em>Reinhold Niebuhr
\n<\/em>Marcus Borg
\n<\/em>Reza Aslan
\n<\/em>John Dominic Crossan
\n<\/em>Winifred Gallagher
\n<\/em>William James
\n<\/em>Bertrand Russell
\n<\/em>Lao-Tzu
\n<\/em>Teresa of Avila
\n<\/em>Confucius
\n<\/em>Thomas Merton
\n<\/em>St. Paul
\n<\/em>Stephen Prothero<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Spiritual Explorers Book Club is an effort to engage anyone and everyone in an on-going conversation about the meaning of faith and community. Sponsored by the Spiritual Enrichment Team of St. Luke\u2019s in Montclair, we hope that you\u2019ll join us as we traverse the deep and diverse contours of faith \u2013 including the Christian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-enrichment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}