Bruce Epperly
The evidence is clear that we need a transformed personal and planetary consciousness. We need to move from individualism and consumerism to simplicity of life and a sense of the common good. We need a worldview that inspires transformed spiritual practices as well as personal and community commitments to justice and ecological healing. We need to align ourselves with God's vision of planetary healing.The fifty days of devotional readings and spiritual practices offered here, grounded in the insights of process theology, are designed to do just that.
Process theology provides a practical, life-changing vision for our pluralistic, postmodern, and planetary age. Our theological visions can cure or kill. Images of God emphasizing power, domination, and predestined privilege have led to planetary destruction and the eradication of indigenous people. In contrast to life-destroying theologies, we need theological visions that empower, heal, and inspire us to become God's companions in changing the world. Theology -- and process theology, in particular -- can be understood as a series of affirmations that can change our minds and change the world, if held sincerely and practiced consistently. These affirmations are intimately connected with spiritual practices that can be used by laypeople as well as religious and academic professionals to enable an experience of the profound interconnectedness of life and our intimate companionship with a loving, living God.
“Bruce Epperly understands in a deeply personal way the spiritual implications of the process vision of God, the individual, and the world. Many will find that what he expresses resonates with their own experience. The book is clearly Christian, but it can help others as well. Many of those who have rejected religion and what they understand as Christianity will be comfortable with where it leads them experientially—if only they will expose themselves Epperly’s spiritual wisdom.” –JOHN B. COBB, JR.
- Series: Faith in Process
- Paperback: 144 pages
- Price: $10.00
- ISBN-13: 978-1-940447-26-1
Section One: Process Theology and the Spiritual Journey
1. Spirituality for a Pluralistic, Postmodern, and Planetary Age
2. Praying with Process
Section Two: Adventures of the Spirit
Week One: Loving God
Week Two. Adventurous God
Week Three: Christ Is Alive
Week Four: Spiritual Adventures
Week Five: World-Transforming Prayer
Week Six: Healing World
Week Seven: New Every Morning
A Final Word: The Adventure Continues
Ways to purchase
Request Exam Copy Request Review Copy