"Christian yoga has been gaining a devout following, and
Twin Cities pastor Doug Pagitt has endorsed the practice in his new
book, Body Prayer: The Posture of Intimacy with God."—
Twin Cities.com Pioneer Press
(12/03/2005 edition)
"When
people discover we are a church with a yoga class ... they sometimes
assume that we're simply out to appeal to the cultural creatives and
the neo-hippies." (p. 53, Reimagining
Spiritual Formation) —Doug
Pagitt
"Synagogue
3000 (S3K) and Emergent have announced a ground-breaking meeting to
connect Jewish and Christian leaders who are experimenting with innovative
congregations and trying to push beyond the traditional categories
of 'left' and 'right.'"—Doug
Pagitt on the emerging church joining with Synagogue 3000
BEWARE:
Christian Conferences in 2007 Including Contemplative Promoting Speakers
2007
will host many "Christian" conferences. Unfortunately, a significant
number of them will be including speakers who promote contemplative
spirituality, a belief system that ultimately leads away from the
Cross of Jesus Christ, not to it. Below are some of those conferences.
If your church has plans to send your pastor, young people, men or
women to one of these, you may want to reconsider. If they go, they
will sit under the tutelage of some who promote contemplative. Click
here to read this entire article.
