Open Out
Getting to the nitty gritty of living inter-culturally. Exploring new pathways for intentionally opening our faith communities (and ourselves) to folk who not only look and sound different but also think and act in ways we might not expect. A safe space where we can both accept our chronic clumsiness and overcome our unavoidable fears as our brains and hearts encounter the unexpected. The podcasts provide a practical, hands-on approach to helping people who want to open themselves to form new relationships with folk with a different cultural or racial background - in faith communities, or any other kind of community. Research was funded by the United Church Foundation.
Open Out
Commencing 6: Finding the heart beat (Part 2)
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Bill Millar
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Episode 20
This is the second of two episodes exploring the vital role of music in creating and sustaining intercultural / intentionally open faith communities. Once again we draw on our conversation with Scottish hymn-writer and global music pioneer, John Bell, but in this episode
we focus on specifics: specifics about the music itself, about the process of learning, and best ways to introduce this music into a community in transition.
Host Bill Millar also draws on insights from C Michael Hawn and Bruce Harding - who are also both pioneers in the field. (49 min)