As a freshman at Wheaton College, I’d heard about this church that was doing creative things to reach lost people. We attended…The service opened with a Beatles song… I don’t know of a pastor or leader in America that has not in some way been shaped by the ministry of Willow Creek. Dave Dummitt (1:…
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Pompeii and Cosmology: Preserved Ancient Rites and Recent Revivals
By Mary Fairchild Pompeii is located south of Italy. The area was originally colonized by the Greeks in the 8th century, and had been inhabited continuously since it was buried by ash from a volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. Mt. Vesuvius was a volcano nearby that was thought to be dormant. Although it erupted unexpectedly,…
The Beatles and the Cosmic Consciousness Movement
By Mary Fairchild Willow Creek/Politics Saturday Evening Post, May 4, 1968. Millions of Beatles’ fans became convinced that transcendental meditation (TM) was an even more powerful way to alter your consciousness than drugs. “You go Beatles?” was the question of the driver for one of Life Magazine’s journalists who made the trip the same week…
The Theosophical Society
By Mary Fairchild 2022 update: Summer Notes: Dave Dummitt Picks Up Bill Hybels’ Mantle at Willow Creek Community Church to Promote Peter Drucker’s “Next Society” Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Esoteric Christianity is secret teaching known only to the “inner circles of Christian initiates.” The Esoteric perspective in this context means the “inner” (eso-), in the sense…