Progressive Christianity
Progressive Christianity is an open, intelligent and collaborative approach to the Christian tradition and the life and teachings of Jesus that create pathways into an authentic and relevant religious experience.
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Holy Anarchy: Dismantling Domination, Embodying Community, Loving Strangeness
Perhaps, after all, the decolonising agenda isn’t extra baggage the church needs to carry on top of everything else. Perhaps, instead, it is the very heart of what the church should be about – disrupting, uncomfortable, and bringing about a kind of ‘holy anarchy’.
The Origin of Human Depravity
What follows is not an exercise in Medieval theology, but rather an attempt to understand why human beings can be so mean and cruel to one another, and whether that meanness is inevitable or escapable. The key to understanding lies in the interrelationship between neuroscience and evolution.
The Core Values of Progressive Christianity
By calling ourselves Progressive Christians we mean we are Christians who:
1. Believe that following the way and teachings of Jesus can lead to experiencing sacredness, wholeness, and unity of all life, even as we recognize that the Spirit moves in beneficial ways in many faith traditions.
2. Seek community that is inclusive of all people, honoring differences in theological perspective, age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, class, or ability.
3. Strive for peace and justice among all people, knowing that behaving with compassion and selfless love towards one another is the fullest expression of what we believe.
4. Embrace the insights of contemporary science and strive to protect the Earth and ensure its integrity and sustainability.
5. Commit to a path of life-long learning, believing there is more value in questioning than in absolutes.
What is Progressive Christianity?
Weekly Liturgy: The Lord’s Prayer
Week of July 20, 2025
Logos and Mythos
“In the beginning was the Word…” Words are both our means of communication and the source of most of our misunderstandings. Whether you are a rational scholar or a metaphorical poet, words are the common currency.
Compassion
Compassion is the cornerstone of every faith tradition. The movement out of yourself, to the point of being concerned with the sufferings of another, is the beginning of the movement toward God. As the Dalai Lama says, “If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.”
America
We celebrate the Fourth of July and we say God Bless America and we struggle to guide our nation to act responsibly towards its citizens and towards the other nations of the world. But remembering Thomas Jefferson's words that "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent,"
The Lord’s Prayer
Perhaps no prayer is more beloved of Christians everywhere than the Lord’s Prayer, sometimes called the Prayer of Jesus. While many of us still use the words as found in Matthew 6:9-13, it is an irresistible urge to recreate this most fundamental of prayers in modern language.
Logos and Mythos
“In the beginning was the Word…” Words are both our means of communication and the source of most of our misunderstandings. Whether you are a rational scholar or a metaphorical poet, words are the common currency.
Compassion
Compassion is the cornerstone of every faith tradition. The movement out of yourself, to the point of being concerned with the sufferings of another, is the beginning of the movement toward God. As the Dalai Lama says, “If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.”
Lord's Prayer
Dear One, closer to us than our own hearts, farther from us than the most distant star, you are beyond naming.
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The Lord's Prayer
Good caring presence within us, around us, and above us; Hold us in a sense of mystery and wonder.
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Lord's Prayer by Tom Hall
A contemporary version of the Lord's Prayer adapted from the prayer book of the Anglican Church of New Zealand.
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Children’s Curriculum
A Joyful Path is truly progressive curriculum that is nature centered, joy-full, compassionate, and intelligent. This behavior over belief curriculum is non-dogmatic, inter-spiritual, and heart centered with an emphasis on the teachings of Jesus and how to follow them in today’s world.
