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Marah Hardt of Blue Ocean Institute says a lot can happen in a four-hour Friendship Collaborative workshop.

“In this atmosphere of thinking big and high hopes, an intense afternoon of information sharing, story telling, and open dialogue erupted among strangers who quickly learned how much they shared a common goal.”

Read Marah’s complete reflection (.doc) on the Ohio State University Friendship Collaborative workshop.

Ken Wilson, Senior Pastor of Vineyard Church Ann Arbor, MI, said something more than scientists and faith leaders was in the room.

“Something wonderful is happening, driven by a sense of desperate need. Secular scientists are recognizing the need to reach out to people of faith, especially people of evangelical faith, in order to bridge the cultural divide that is now hindering our capacity to respond in love and wisdom to the global environmental crisis. And people of evangelical faith are open. They are willing to engage people of science.  Because God is a myth-busting God, and God who likes to shake things up. All this wonderful turbulence and cultural quaking left me sitting in a large meeting room at Ohio State University– excuse me, The Ohio State University — with about 15 scientists, professors of astronomy, environmental science, biology, mostly, and 15 evangelical pastors and leaders. And I must say, I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in the room with us.”

Read the rest of Ken’s blog post on the workshop.