Manna & Mercy retreats
Two opportunities:
Twin Cities: April 17-18. Friday evening and all day Saturday.
Northfield: April 24-25. Friday evening and all day Saturday.
Manna and Mercy: A Brief History of God's Unfolding Promise to Mend the Entire Universe is a 100-page hand-printed paraphrase of the bible, from Genesis to Revelation -- a graphic novel of sorts, written by Pastor Daniel Erlander with imagination, clarity, humor, and cartoons. Built around the twin themes of food sharing and forgiveness, it helps us to look at scripture with new eyes and rediscover how it can become a means of life and grace rather than destruction and death.
The Bible is meant to be an instrument of God to enable abundant life for God’s creation. Sadly, through the ages it has been read and interpreted in such a way that it has been used as an instrument of human domination and death—to cheer on the crusades, support slavery, advocate Apartheid, glorify genocide, sanction sexism, bless war and worship prosperity in the face of the poor, just to name just a few horrors of our human history.
Using Dan’s Manna and Mercy book, South African pastor Alan Storey has developed a weekend retreat to take a fresh look at scripture through the interpretive lens of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection and God’s overall call for each one of us to partner with God in mending this fractured world. The hope is that after we have done so, our interpretations and use of the scriptures will be truly liberating and life-enabling for all of creation.
The sliding scale registration fee includes Friday dinner at 5:15pm, lunch on Saturday, and a free copy of Manna and Mercy.
Note: Both the Twin Cities and Northfield retreats may schedule a concluding session on Sunday that will be open to a wider group.