The question according to Presence is how we avoid applying old frameworks to new realities (page 84). Their approach is through learning from a certain type of conversation.
Wesley's theology of The New Creation, is based on a cosmology of the future. He contrasted the Calvinist emphasis on creation in the past, where God created the universe just so and we are called to uphold God's standards, with his own emphasis where God has planned a new creation through transformation.
Presence describes a type of learning where we learn from the future. Here we discover our part in bringing the future to pass. Learning from the past is helpful where the past is a guide to the future. But issues such as climate change and the recent credit crunch have no precedents (page 86). 'New wine, new wineskins'.
At this point Presence introduces its U theory. I haven't been able to find the diagram on the net, so imagine a U shape. There are three stages as we move through sensing in the top left, presencing in the bottom and realising in the top right. I will explore these in the next few posts using the ancient hymn Paul quotes in Philippians 2:5-11.
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