Pentecost 2006

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• C is for Conversation
  We are privileged in this Crossings-for-Pentecost to engage in conversation with a long-time partner in the promising tradition of the gospel: Robert Schultz. Bob was a professor at Valparaiso University in the late 1950's together with Bob Bertram, Ed Schroeder and others who were reshaping the theology curriculum into a Crossings/law-gospel curriculum. Schultz is retired now and living in Seattle, Washington but still practicing his faith. He will be a speaker at our Crossings Conference next January, 2007, addressing how the Law/Gospel lens helps the spiritual caretaker. ...

• R is for R is for Re-creating, Re-Formation--Spirit-ed, and Spirit-led
  Hoy: Let's stay with that point. What is the Spirit's meaning for us today?

  Schultz: For me today, the question is not one of presence but of meaning: What does the story of the crucifixion mean for me today? How does it intersect with my life in 2006? ...

• O-S-S is for "O-S-S is for 'On Sain Sex'
  "Sain sex" was Robert W. Bertram's way of referring to sex and sexuality as needing a good crossing. (The literal meaning of the old English word, "sain," meant "to cross one's self.") He intended to finish a whole length book. In his later years, he published several shorter chapter-length essays on the subject, and some were still works in progress. ...

• I-N-G-S is for I-N-G-S is for Inter-National Gathering of Scholars
  This is in reference to the forthcoming gathering of the Crossings mega-conference, "Honest-to-God Gospel for Today's Church and World" next January, 2007 [see ad, page 3]. We thought you might be interested in getting a sneak preview about another one of our featured presenters, Jerome (Jerry) Burce. ...