imagining an alternative reality
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Imagining an Alternative Reality. You woke up one day, and the Church is just as you have dreamed it could be. What looks different? How is your day different? What feels different? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Imagining an Alternative Reality
You woke up one day, and the Church is just as you have dreamed it could be. What looks different? How is your day different? What feels different?
Please write responses to these questions in silence and without raising your pen from paper until I ask you to stop.
Dialogue Please share whatever highlights you
like with your table group. Please name one thing that is a part of
your alternative reality that it is in your power to bring about when you get home.
Please write each thing on a small paper and pass to middle of table.
Vatican II and Imagination A part of Vatican II was grappling with
an alternative reality It provides a template for us to do it in
our contexts We have always relied on our
imaginations– think of Moses and the Israelites, as interpreted by Walter Brueggeman
Communication
Some characteristics of substantive dialogue Active listening Good will Mutuality Willingness to hang in there Curiosity
Try it out Please find one partner Identify one pastoral challenge Talk about how you might address that
challenge
Some Barriers to Dialogue Fear, usually manifested as win/lose
mentality Cultural misunderstanding, particularly
when there is an assumption of one normative world view
How we interpret Own values Assumptions about other
Awareness Of our own perspectives Honesty about blind spots Vulnerability, willingness to learn from a
new perspective Paying attention to communication
styles and power differentials where they exist
Vatican II Enduring message And also model for way of being Church Self reflection and intense engagement Initiated at every level and in a variety
of contexts
And what grace does the same Spirit have in store for you and your parish?