In the second week of February, I attended the Daring Wayâ?¢ conference at the Diocese of Texasâ?? Camp Allen, together with a hundred or so other clergy from across the Diocese and the Episcopal Church. The Daring Wayâ?¢ is based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown of the University of Houston. Dr. Brown studies â??self-conscious affect,â? especially around issues of shame and guilt. You might have seen her TED and TEDx talks, or perhaps caught her on Oprah. Dr. Brown is an Episcopalian and attends Christ Church Cathedral in Houston.
Dr. Brown said that we would need to do the theological integration ourselves, but I was struck with an idea that many of the participants of the conference would find counter-intuitive: if you love the results of Dr. Brownâ??s research, you might believe in the doctrine of original sin.
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