Josh Scott has been a pastor for more than twenty years. He currently serves as the Lead Pastor at GracePointe Church in Nashville. The focus of his work is reimagining, reframing, and reclaiming faith through a Progressive Christian lens. He is the author of several books including "Advent Can Still Change the World: Bringing Christmas Past Into Christmas Present," which releases in 2026. You can read his latest thoughts at joshscott.online. He lives near Nashville with his family.
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EXPERIENCES
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Wed 2 Sep 2026 to Sun 6
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Show Date
Fri 4 Sep 2026 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
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| Title Short | What Do We Do With Our Anger? |
| Venue | Workshop |
| Experience Description | Are you feeling angry right now? You’re not alone—and there are good, important reasons why so many of us are. The current state of the U.S. can leave our collective blood boiling. The real question is: what do we do with that anger? How can we process it, or even channel it, in meaningful ways? In this talk, pastor and author Josh Scott invites us to wrestle with these questions by exploring three stories from Scripture, offering thoughtful ways to understand and engage the potential that lies within our anger. |
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Show Date
Sat 5 Sep 2026 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
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| Title Short | The Unnamed Characters |
| Venue | UMC |
| Experience Description | In this interview style conversation, we will explore the many overlooked, unnamed characters in the New Testament. By approaching the characters with a hermeneutic of suspicion and inspiration from Womanist theology, I will take a closer look at the actions of the historically marginalized Unnamed people who have deep encounters with Jesus. These characters have a clear understanding of God’s Kin-dom that the Named characters often do not see. The named characters, because of their close proximity to power and privilege, miss the plot. And the Unnamed enter into the narrative to teach them what they have been missing. What we learn from these characters is a broad and expansive view of God’s Kin-dom. It is time that we pay closer attention to them. They represent so many people today who have been pushed aside by those in position powers. And there is much that we still need to learn from them. Josh Scott will be the interviewer in this conversation. It will end with an option for questions and dialogue from those in attendance. |
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Show Date
Sat 5 Sep 2026 3:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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| Title Short | Master the Sacred Art of Cherry Picking |
| Venue | Living Room |
| Experience Description | Look, everyone who engages the Bible for meaning or truth will inevitably cherry pick a verse to support their position. Pretending that only the “other side” does it is disingenuous and a waste of time. Instead, come join pastors and authors Josh Scott and Colby Martin who will show that not only is cherry picking normal (even biblical!), but there are ways to do it with integrity and purpose. |
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