Intro to Process Theology - Prayer
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Intro to Process Theology
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Intro to Process Theology
Science and Religion
Evil and Suffering
Jesus and Creative Transformation
Prayer (and Pluralism)
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Do you pray? Why do you
pray? How do you
expect God to respond to your
prayers?
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God World
God's Power in Process Theology
Omnipotent Almighty
All-powerful
Omnipresent Persuasive Love-power
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God World
Shared Power in Process Theology
Omnipresent Persuasive Love-power
Power of being Power to affect Power to choose Power to love
Interdependence
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World
God
Supernaturalism
Why didn't God answer my prayer?
God answers prayers the way God wants to,
but it may not be what you want.
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In God's Presence
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Prayer is...
Prayers is the act of bringing our moment-by-moment connectedness to God into our consciousness
Prayer is opening ourselves to God's own creative energy and offering back to God the gift of ourselves
Prayer is joining with God in willing the well-being of ourselves, friends, enemies...the whole world
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Prayer in ProcessPrayer changes us,
the world, and God.
God works with the world as it is in
order to bring it to where it can be.
The real prayer is the one who prays.
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"Prayer is a partnership with
God, not a manipulation of
God." -MS
"Prayer is prompted by God and released to God." -MS
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Mortality and healing
Prayer cannot eliminate our mortality.
Not-yet-irreversible illness
Irreversible illnessVs.
Healing is always possible.
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Pray
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You?
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Process theology sees the universe as creative,
interrelational, dynamic, and open to the future. In process theology, God is relational,
present in every moment of our lives and in all entities and levels of being. The world is
interconnected, in effect a giant ecosystem where what harms or
blesses one, harms or blesses all.
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April-May Pluralism
Trinity
Sin and Forgiveness
Evolution