The Grammar of the Good Life: A Sunday School Series
The Grammar of the Good Life: How to Stay Fat in a Skinny Culture
One often hears about how terrible the suburbs are; soulless, shallow and safe. Even GK Chesterton quipped, “I still hold. . .that the suburbs ought to be either glorified by romance and religion or else destroyed by fire from heaven, or even by firebrands from the earth.” While you may not share Chesterton’s opinion entirely, one should admit life in suburbia comes with its own dangers. Dangers that may, because of our familiarity with them, appear harmless but, when seen in their true nature, are hideous. There are monsters lurking in our cul-de-sacs that want to nibble away at our souls;
dangers like individualism, consumerism, selfishness, busyness, rootlessness, disinterest and hopelessness.
In this Sunday School class we will be tempted toward a life of romance and religion amid our shared suburbia. We will discuss some of the practices we have formed as a church to help
combat some of these enemies; practices like marking time, liturgical worship, community life, hospitality, feasts, and Fat Soul Fridays. We also want to look at practices that we, as individuals living in a community, can foster in order to nurture our souls.
Please join us this Sunday as we begin a series aimed at whetting our appetites toward the good life.
Adult Sunday School Series: The Grammar of the Good Life
Date: Our first class is on March 23rd
Time: Each Sunday During the Sunday School Hour after the Divine Service
Location: Room 112
