• By Published On: September 11, 2023

    This book will help you examine your beliefs--where they came from, whether they are still applicable today, how they have changed over the years--and decide what new directions you might want to pursue.

  • Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times

    By Published On: August 31, 2023

    Moss takes the words from our ancient Scriptures and prophetically applies them to our most urgent moral battles and choices; in ways that makes the Bible come alive again.

  • A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World

    By Published On: August 31, 2023

    We are living in a world divided. Race and ethnicity, caste and color, gender and sexuality, class and education, religion and political party have all become demographic labels that reduce our differences to simplistic categories in which “we” are vehemently against “them.”

  • By Published On: August 12, 2023

    A rock star, atheist, Marxist, world-class theologian, African missionary, and a Greek Orthodox Bishop all in one lifetime? Bishop Themi is a beacon of hope and inspiration to millions of Christians.

  • How religion is about what you do, not what you believe

    By Published On: August 11, 2023

    In Doing Christianity Paul Higginson encourages us, in nine simple steps, to look afresh at the words of Jesus in the Gospel. Jargon-free and full of practical steps you can apply each day, Doing Christianity can help to refresh your faith, deepen your relationships and give you a new sense of hope for the future of the Christian Gospel.

  • By Published On: April 26, 2023

    Saints and heroes of the LGBTQ community come alive through bold artwork in 'Heavenly Homos, Etc'. by Dutch priest Jan Haen. He paints diverse people of faith, courage, and love who can inspire readers with new models of queer holiness. The clear, concise style packs a whole pantheon of saints into a single user-friendly volume.

  • A Year With Hadewijch of Antwerp

    By Published On: November 17, 2022

    This compilation of the mystical writings of Hadewijch of Antwerp is best described, in Andrew Harvey's words, as a "heroic song" of love

  • A collection of holiday opportunities for spiritual retreat.

    By Published On: November 16, 2022

    Looking for a spiritual retreat to tide you over in quiet contemplation during the holy days leading up to Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's Day, and Epiphany? Here are many choices — some Christian and inclusive, others multifaith — from which you can find a perfect match for your needs.

  • By Published On: August 8, 2022

    Baptizing buzzards! Preaching to pigeons! Clancy is a rat on a mission from God… to bring the Gospel to the various non-human animals that roam the churchyard of St. Aloysius

  • he Natural Sciences as a Window into Grounded Faith and Sustainable Living

    By Published On: July 22, 2022

    Why has Christianity been around for a mere 2,000 years when Earth life has abounded for 3.8 billion years and even humans for nearly 300,000 years? What was God doing all this time? And what if humans are not the center of God’s universe?

  • How the World We Live In Impacts Our Thinking About Self and God

    By Published On: July 20, 2022

    The word matrix can bring to mind science fiction images of living in a web of illusion, but my intent here is quite the opposite, not fiction, but reality.

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    By Published On: July 20, 2022

    The word matrix can bring to mind science fiction images of living in a web of illusion, but my intent here is quite the opposite, not fiction, but reality.

  • By Published On: June 17, 2022

    We need belonging to survive and thrive, but too often the church is an impediment.

  • By Matt Laney, writing for UCC

    By Published On: June 1, 2022

    The notion that God sent Jesus from heaven to earth to save the lowly earthlings might be the theological root of colonialism and cultural supremacy.

  • By Published On: May 10, 2022

    Burklo’s book refocuses Christianity away from doctrine and belief to knowing God through mindful practice and the compassionate action that follows from an enlarged perspective.

  • By Published On: April 18, 2022

    Bob LaRochelle has had a lot of experience with different churches. Raised a Roman Catholic, he was ordained a Permanent Deacon in that church. After a period of intense soul-searching, he left the Catholic Church and embarked on a career in ordained Protestant ministry.

  • Selected with an Introduction by Charles Burack

    By Published On: March 23, 2022

    In his Introduction to Matthew Fox, Dr. Burack recounts the life and influences that helped form Fox’s outlook and spirituality, from the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart to 20th century Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. The book then presents selections from all Fox’s major works.

  • By Published On: March 12, 2022

    From conservative evangelical to theological liberal, the spiritual journey of retired South Carolina United Methodist pastor the Rev. Arthur H. Holt has evolved over the years. Here, Holt explores his theology, reflecting on everything from abortion, science, sexuality, and the End Times to sin, the spirit, and the Bible.

  • By Published On: February 16, 2022

    Through a combination of in-depth Bible study and social analysis, Filled to Be Emptied invites readers to explore the hymn verse by verse and see Jesus' self-emptying example as a model for privileged people to see their advantages not "as something to be exploited" but as something to be laid aside to seek the good of others.

  • How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week

    By Published On: February 16, 2022

    Throughout Holy Week, two competing approaches to peacemaking collide. What if we've embraced the wrong one?

  • The Authorized Biography of John Joseph Kelly, Champion of Social Justice

    By Published On: January 13, 2022

    The parable good Samaritan helped his "neighbor." Jesus meant help everyone, especially those less fortunate than you.

  • By Published On: August 7, 2021

    In The Land Is Not Empty, author Sarah Augustine unpacks the harm of the Doctrine of Discovery--a set of laws rooted in the fifteenth century that gave Christian governments the moral and legal right to seize lands they "discovered" despite those lands already being populated by indigenous peoples.

  • By Published On: August 6, 2021

    We are in a time of transition, the midst of a cultural shift—what some have called "The Great Turning."

  • BY Irie Lynne Session, Kamilah Hall Sharp, Jann Aldredge-Clanton

    By Published On: December 4, 2020

    A womanist church has great power to transform church and society, primarily because womanist theology centers the experiences of Black women while working for the survival and wholeness of all people and all creation.

  • By Published On: November 30, 2020

    Jen Kidwell brings you the fruits of her expertise. Here are 3 Discussion Guides on Anti-racism: Raising White Kids, Between the World and Me and How to Be an Antiracist.

  • By Published On: October 28, 2020

    Julian of Norwich lived through the dreadful bubonic plague that killed close to 50% of Europeans. Being an anchoress, she 'sheltered in place' and developed a deep wisdom that she shared in her book, Showings, which was the first book in English by a woman. A theologian way ahead of her time, Julian develops a feminist understanding of God as mother at the heart of nature's goodness. Fox shares her teachings in this powerful and timely and inspiring book.

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    By Published On: August 27, 2020

    Every so often, I put out a "musing" that is a guide to my writings and videos. It's that time when churches make plans for their program year, so this is a good moment to share links to my materials for worship, study, and spiritual practice.  Use freely.  All I ask is attribution!

  • By Published On: August 14, 2020

    How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur—renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer—describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves.

  • By Published On: August 14, 2020

      A Life Lived and Laid Down for Friends reflects on the iconoclastic life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. From the "riches in

  • By Published On: August 14, 2020

      An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love.   “In a world stricken with

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