Called to Bless

＂What does your spiritual DNA look like? In terms of your spiritual identity, where do you come from and where are you going? We live in an age when many Christians have experienced several denominational and religious communities. Many wonder what to do with these experiences. At the same time many congregations are made up of people who come from different traditions, and the question is how to bring these diverse experiences into the life of the congregation in an enriching way. If we take as our starting point, the call of Abraham and Sarah to take a journey to an unknown land with the promise that their descendants would be a blessing to the nations, what might this look like in terms of our spiritual lives? Join with the author as he draws on his spiritual journey that has taken him into several denominational traditions, as well as his experiences as a pastor and historical theologian, to discern values and concepts that can help congregations and individuals make sense of their diverse spiritual experiences, so that together we might fulfill the Abrahamic calling, reaffirmed in Christ, to be a blessing to the nations.＂ --

Robert D. Cornwall is Minister-at-Large, having retired as Senior Pastor of Central Woodward Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Troy, Michigan in June, 2021). He is the Editor of Sharing the Practice (Academy of Parish Clergy). He received his PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary in Historical Theology. His books include Religion, Politics and Dissent, 1660-1832, co-edited with William Gibson (2010), Freedom in Covenant (2015), and Unfettered Spirit: Spiritual Gifts for the New Great Awakening, 2nd edition, (2021).