Gordon T. Smith
Spirit and Institution: How Christian organizations and churches can be more intentionally responsive to the guidance of the Spirit
Church politics! It can be exhausting, confusing and so very frustrating. Can our institutions be more intentionally alert to the presence and witness of the Spirit, especially when critical decision-making happens? What do we need in place to facilitate authentic Christian discernment?
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To Be An Elder
We live in a culture that treats growing old-becoming an elder-as a season to be delayed and avoided. Gordon Smith’s newest book suggests a thoughtful alternative, an inspiring and do-able vocation that the culture needs, and the church longs for. Offering purpose and practicality, To Be an Elder maps out a vocation we can embrace whether we are eighty and still managing our law practice, caring for grandchildren four afternoons a week or volunteering at the local botanical garden. This deeply-Christian perspective nudged my fears into hope, into “Oh! That’s what I’m called to!”
author of Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer
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Host Jasmine Obeyesekere conducts an online discussion with author and professor Gordon T. Smith where they discuss vocation, spiritual engagement, and personal congruence. Gordon Smith shows us how our vocation is a form of spiritual engagement…
A conversation about what a secular age looks like, and how a deeply hospitable church can respond and just be in a time that feels new and different, but not without its own beautiful possibilities.