David Lowry
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We live in a time when many view the church as a relic of ancient traditions and cosmologies, often reactionary, mean-spirited, nationalist, and racist. They see those who call themselves Christians reacting in fear to the changes around them, rather than, like Jesus, boldly declaring and living out God's compassion and justice. Some, who view themselves as nonbelievers, point out, often with great clarity, the distance between so-called Christian...
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Drawing from the experience of a church on Chicago's south side, Released Outward addresses the situation of congregations that have turned inward and become isolated from the needs of the world around them. It addresses the question of how churches, addicted to their cultural and ecclesial traditions, are set free to engage the world with God's justice, mercy, and faithfulness. The journey outward is a spiritual one. Like all who are in bondage to...
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Coming Out is about much more than the title implies. It's a true story about a boy, who felt disappointment, then grew up to be a man tormented by pain. Through it all, he was determined to discover the truth about his life.
COMING OUT IS A JOURNEY OF FAITH, HOPE AND PRESERVERANCE.
It's about relationships and forgiveness, sexuality and identity, secrets and revelations. David Lowry invites you to embark on your own quest for truth through his story....
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The beauty of the world and our experience of human empathy and compassion collide with our experience of bitter discord between individuals, severe societal divisions, brutal oppression, war, and profound estrangement from our environment. All manner of rational analysis and proposed solutions have not solved these elemental problems, the basis of which is spiritual. This book focuses on the spiritual nature of participation. It is about participation...
