Words Matter, A Conversation of Interest
I spent the better part of six days working on two versions of the press release announcing the Expansive Language conference coming up in two weeks. I am on the planning team working with a group of fabulous women, all of whom are excited about this. Here is a link to the NCC release and below is the other version of the press release I worked on which we hope will be picked up Episcopal News Service: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office of Communication, Diocese of Chicago NCC group to meet in Chicago August 9-11 to discuss the words we use to talk about God Chicago, July 23, 2010 -- A diverse group of Christians will gather here August 9-11 to talk about the language people use to talk about God and faith. The National Council of Churches (NCC) symposium, “Language Matters,” will discuss how to talk about God and faith in ways that respects the sensibilities of people from a variety of Christian traditions and viewpoints. The conversation will focus on the languag...