Doctrine of Discovery | Shawn Bowers Buxton | Watershed Charlotte
Teaching Team Member Shawn Bowers Buxton starts her talk on April 16, 2023 with a discussion about the Doctrine of Discovery - a Catholic concept recently renounced that excused the violent seizure of land from indigenous peoples . Being raised Catholic, Shawn discusses how her oppressors formed the foundation of her faith practice and that her own deconstruction of these ideas is an act of decolonization.
Easter Sunday | Kim Honeycutt | Watershed Charlotte
Teaching Team member and Psychotherapist Kim Honeycutt shares a message on Easter Sunday 2023 that explores powerful idea of what was behind on the cross during Jesus' crucifixion, weaving in elements of her own experience of recovery, and the idea that we've been empowered to become who God has always intended for us to be.
Palm Sunday: What Myth are You Living by? | Blair Gore | Watershed Charlotte
Our Family Pastor, Blair Gore, delivers a beautiful message on Palm Sunday 2023 exploring the various narratives by which we might live our lives. Blair also leads our community in a time of communion and reflection as we approach Easter.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Leah Robinson | Watershed Charlotte
Watershed first became connected to Dr. Leah Robinson during Theology Beer Camp. And when we realized that she’s just a short drive up the road at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, NC, we knew we had to have her come and speak. On March 26, 2023 she did just that and shared and incredible talk aimed at liberation and drawing deeply on her own academic work in exploring the divine.
The Good News that We’re All a Little Bit Extra | David Roberts
What if there was a more hopeful way to understand sin, not as a kind of moral offense but as a sense of lack or longing we all share? And what if that lack was also not something to be shunned but rather a reflection of the image or God within all of us? We explored these ideas and more in week three of our series, The Divine and Me.