Reflection: Week 6 [Monday]

How do you bridge the witness, worship, and formation of Christianity to a subculture using the anthropological method of contextual theology? Our small group today focused on the naturalist subculture, while other groups discussed the coffee-shop subculture and a highly irreverent and equally awesome Touchdown Jesus Notre Dame subculture.

Breaking it down further... as a witness, you can join the naturalist conversation where they are and ask questions to connect to the movement, questions like: What do they see in nature? Where does pollution come from? Why isn’t “being green” a priority to the majority? And lastly, you can bridge the shared beliefs of the naturalists and share stories of spiritual encounters while in nature, preserve the environment, and be actively involved in nature.

Worship can be connected through meditation, hiking, and enjoying nature together.

Finally, an anthropological method of formation focusing on the creation story [Genesis], debunk myths: Finding a common bond between Christianity and Environmentalism, transformation of “New Earth” [Revelation 21:1], and bring Jesus into the conversation: Symbol of care of other people, animals and the Earth.