Big Lessons from Little Places were originally presented by Evelyn

were originally presented by Evelyn Underhill (1875 –1941) at a retreat she conducted at her beloved Pleshy

traditional images of God (as an all-powerful father figure) and much standard prayer and worship language are no longer plausible for many believers

We need leaders who will have the ‘capacity to understand and deal effectively’ with the hive mind that is us

The book is structured around the stages of a pilgrimage

Big Lessons from Little Places were originally presented by Evelyn"Churchwide discussions on structure and growth tend to focus on the importance of increasing butts in the pews and bucks in the plates. Suggestions have been made on merging smaller dioceses to create larger ones and closing the doors of congregations which do not have Sunday attendance of at least 200. This is a model of scarcity without consideration of the value and abundance to be found in small churches. Discover the roles, possibilities,