January, 2013 EIM-EED Classes

The Ecumenical Institute for Ministry (EIM) through its Ecumenical Education for Discipleship (EED) program is offering two special courses this coming January:

Like A Hammer Shattering Rock

with Dr. Megan McKenna

A three week course on the gospels Mark, Matthew and Luke then and now. The course will meet on Wednesday evenings, January 9, 16 and 23 from 6:30-9:00 pm at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa, NE, Albuquerque, 87110.

Course Description: Renowned Catholic author Megan McKenna celebrates the publication of her 50^th book, Like A Hammer Shattering Rock: Hearing the Gospels Today, with an exciting new interpretation of the Gospels and what they can mean to both the church and society. The course will explore the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke looking at what would have shocked Jesus contemporaries and the early Christians while raising questions about why these same issues arent shocking us now. The class will be a call to renewal of our connections with these core Christian writings, and conversion by hearing Jesus words anew.

Leadership: The course will be taught by Dr. Megan McKenna who is a renowned author on biblical and spiritual themes. Dr. McKenna travels the world as a lecturer, retreat leader and storyteller. She works with many groups bringing a focus on peace and justice to the spiritual dimensions of our contemporary faith.

The cost for the course is $40 for all three evenings, or $20 each for select evenings. Scholarships are available.

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THE POOR SAVE US

BY DAVID HASS, MUSICAL COMPOSER AND AUTHOR

There are Christian storytellers who have some background in theology, and there are some theologians who understand and communicate the important scared role of stories. Megan is both Here stories become theology, and theology becomes proclaimed in real life adventures of humanity. As always, and once again, taps into the human condition and announces holiness at the same time. As with her other books, this one belongs in your hands to read, and in your hearts to transform you. Do not hesitate to drink in the gift of this book.

BOOK REVIEW BY JUNE SAWYERS

THIS WILL BE REMEMBERED OF HER - STORIES OF WOMEN RESHAPING THE WORLD (August 2010.210p. Eerdmans, $15(9780802864697). In this illuminating work, McKenna discusses three topics that she believes are closely linked: memory, women, and resistance. She has chosen these ideas because each is found at the heart of a story in Mark's Gospel: that of the unnamed woman who anoints Jesus with perfumed oil. This brief tale forms the center of this book's reflections and commentaries as McKenna looks at stories of children and women and their traditions from around the world. "Who and what we remember," she writes, "is a revelation of who and what we are and hope to be." Combining memory with the stories associated with women is a potent idea because traditionally women are the ones who do much of the remembering while their own stories are often forgotten. Thus, many of the stories recounted here comprise acts of resistance and, by their very nature of remembering, acts of political courage. An important and thought-provoking book about women, both sung and unsung, from Iran to the American Southwest and beyond.

Megan McKenna