From author and group facilitator Jack Call:

Can we realistically hope to be resurrected after we die? Is it reasonable to believe in an afterlife, or is this a case where reason and faith diverge? Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself. Are we to believe that the idea of an afterlife doesn’t make sense but we should believe in it anyway because the Bible tells us so? To me, that would make it very hard to follow the part of the commandment that says to love the Lord your God with all your mind, as well as all your heart and all your soul.

In my book Dreams and Resurrection, I try to explain why I think we have good reasons to believe in an afterlife and that, in fact, it is the idea of eternal death that doesn’t make sense. I would love to share my thoughts with you and to learn about your thoughts on this topic, in a discussion group on the book this fall. We are meeting in the chapel, from 6-7 p.m. on Monday evenings from September 23 through October 28. You may purchase a copy from Father Bill for $10, or online at amazon. Everyone is welcome, and if you have missed an earlier meeting, come anyway. I hope to see you there.