For Creative Arts Sunday, BPC proudly welcomes Jack Miles to the pulpit to discuss Narrative and the Bible, specifically 2 Sam 11, where the Bible uses a story in which a fiction that even the Bible recognizes as a fiction plays a key role. Miles will also discuss the role fiction plays in our lives today.
NOTE: TWO SERVICES, one at 8:30 a.m. and one at 10:00 a.m. Miles is speaking at both.
Creative Arts Sunday is Brentwood Presbyterian Church's recognition of the importance of arts in worship and in our lives, and offers our talented congregants the chance to shine in their various formats. We integrate the arts intentionally into this Sunday's worship services. This year we will have dramatic scripture readings done three ways: by ancient Israeli women, in a film clip from the '50s, and as we might see scripture shared today.
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Jack Miles is a Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies with the University of California at Irvine and Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy. He is a writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and many other publications. His book, GOD: A Biography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996. His book, Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God led to his being named a MacArthur Fellow for the years 2003-2007. He is currently at work as general editor of the forthcoming Norton Anthology of World Religions. For more information, visit his website at http://www.jackmiles.com.