The Becoming Imitators Workshop
This coming Sunday I will be facilitating a creative liturgy workshop called "Becoming Imitators" at The Well in Feasterville, PA.
The topics we will be discussing are:
- What is an imitator?
Knowing Our Story
The Irrationality of Our Story
Being Imitators of A Story We Already Know
The Imitators Motto: "Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi"
After discussion we will have time (hopefully—it depends on how long winded I am) to workshop new liturgy or works in progress that members of the church community are creating.
More information can be found on The Well‘s website or their church calendar.
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sounds wonderful thom. I hope it goes well. I like the connection between imitation and liturgy. Do you look at any of the innately political aspects of both imitation and liturgy?
No I don’t, not in the workshop anyway. The workshop is to facilitate the continuing growth of creativity at the church. This talk is much more geared toward creativity and how to craft liturgy for use in worship.
I think the best place for a discussion of politics would be the section in the workshop on "the irrationality of our story." Inherent in the irrationality of our story is that "rationality" is defined by a culture and society that is in the center, and Christians are the "outsiders" on the fringe of society. In that way, what we do is actually the "most rational" because at our center is the Triune God, and our dance circles around the intimately related Trinity (borrowing heavily from Lewis and Grenz here). Politically then, we are a body politic that is alien within an alien culture. We are a royal priesthood of a peculiar people, a kingdom without borders but one body nonetheless.