• By Published On: March 17, 2024

    Springtime is for planting, one of those everyday expressions of great faith. We plant seeds and water and weed them, and expect a harvest of zinnias or zucchini.

  • By Published On: March 10, 2024

    Are you perpetually preparing? Always looking ahead, getting ready for the next event, the next project, the next vacation, the next thing you think you need to do?

  • By Published On: March 3, 2024

    How astonished we are to discover how much of life is actually not under our control! We carefully maintain an illusion of control because it gives us comfort and security.

  • By Published On: February 25, 2024

    More music and more composers and lyricists! ... Progressive Christian worship music is out there -- but it does take a little searching. Singing together has its own rewards, and church is one of the few remaining venues where we do it regularly. So it’s worth the effort to find music that your particular congregation will find meaningful.

  • By Published On: February 18, 2024

    Solitude is becoming ever more precious in our overly-wired world. Lent is the perfect opportunity to give yourself the gift of time alone.

  • By Published On: February 11, 2024

    Progressive Christians are constantly challenged to claim the title of Christian -- in the sense of being a follower of Jesus’ teachings -- while letting go of most of the dogma that has been developed over the centuries by the human institution that is church.

  • By Published On: February 4, 2024

    “Less is more.” A carefully crafted poem leaves so much to the reader’s imagination, which makes it the perfect vehicle for spiritual insights.

  • By Published On: January 28, 2024

    We are all connected, not only across nations and cultures and religions, but across time. Even as we head into the future, we carry with us our ties to the past.

  • By Published On: January 21, 2024

    There is more than one kind of intelligence. The learning that we pursue with our intellect is one kind, but the wisdom we come to understand through our hearts is another.

  • By Published On: January 14, 2024

    How many people do you suppose have had their eyes and hearts opened to progressive Christianity because of John Shelby Spong?

  • By Published On: January 7, 2024

    We search and strive and struggle all our lives, and in the end it always comes back to love. Boundless love.

  • By Published On: December 31, 2023

    You are the new day.” One last fond look back to the year just finishing, and we turn and set our gaze forward to the new day, the new year.

  • By Published On: December 24, 2023

    Every birth is a miracle, and none more so than the birth of Jesus, celebrated at the time of the winter solstice.

  • By Published On: December 17, 2023

    The season of Christmas holds a myriad of emotions, and that makes it fertile ground for the poet.

  • By Published On: December 10, 2023

    Worship music doesn’t have to be a 200-year-old hymn, although that can work if it has meaning and resonance for a particular congregation.

  • By Published On: December 3, 2023

    Christmas rituals have evolved over the centuries, interacting with local cultures and stories to produce distinctive traditions in different parts of the world.

  • By Published On: November 26, 2023

    Sharing progressive liturgies is a great way to confirm that we’re not alone in our non-dogmatic interpretations of Jesus’ teachings.

  • By Published On: November 19, 2023

    Thanksgiving is an American holiday, but giving thanks is a practice for everyone, around the world, at all times.

  • By Published On: November 12, 2023

    Most of us have let go of the God-metaphor from our childhoods -- the old man with a beard who lives in the sky (aka “the Sistine Chapel God”).

  • By Published On: November 5, 2023

    Wholeness is the journey toward integration of body, mind and soul… our own unique balance between all the aspects of being human.

  • By Published On: October 29, 2023

    These church holidays are celebrations of gratitude, the continuity of life and a reminder of our place in the cycle.

  • By Published On: October 22, 2023

    Ancient wisdom from all traditions teaches that the key to aging gracefully is facing and accepting our own mortality.

  • By Published On: October 15, 2023

    Reflection, and the course corrections we make as a result, allows space for the Spirit to show up in our lives.

  • By Published On: October 8, 2023

    “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. I

  • By Published On: October 1, 2023

    The Earth needs our help, and what better place to tell that story than in our worship liturgies?

  • By Published On: September 24, 2023

    “Our table is open to everyone because Jesus’ table fellowship was open to everyone.”

  • By Published On: September 17, 2023

    Autumn… harvest… Indian summer… waiting for the rains… So many images of this time of year

  • By Published On: September 10, 2023

    Where would we be without metaphors in our spiritual conversations?

  • By Published On: September 3, 2023

    To be on a spiritual journey is to be constantly evolving our “mental models” about how the world works.

  • By Published On: August 27, 2023

    All wisdom traditions understand the need for letting go.  And all wisdom traditions understand how difficult it is to do..