by Robert P. Jones
Native American racism, then goes even deeper to the historic Christian documents that have infected not only Christian teachings but also have been fundamental principles embedded in laws, policies, decisions, and cultures ever since to the present. His research and documentation are extensive, unnerving, and compelling reading.
by Judith Lewis Herman, MD
Herman says every survivor she interviewed or worked with has wished above all for the following: Acknowledgment and vindication, apology and amends. Those 4 things are what justice looks like for the people directly affected.
When they sang together, you could hear the harmony that should define this country’s relationships across race.
The novel takes us through the racial struggles of the sixties, the horrible plague decimating gay men with AIDS in San Francisco in the ‘80s, and the devastating consequences of a Roman Catholic priest preying on a young boy.
I had long silently harboured a deep foundational belief that what the Church taught about forgiveness was wrong. My experiences of it being used by various Christian people, as well as the Church, against me to guilt me, reinforced it.
By Miguel de la Torre
Decolonizing Christianity is a hard book to read - but it’s one white Christians should read, especially those of us who claim to be progressive.
The Road to Character by David Brooks, A Review by Rick Herrick How do we become a moral
Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the Part 1 of Season 4 of the DC Universe's "TITANS."
Join Mark and CAleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the MCU's second Black Panther film, "Wakanda Forever".
Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of Season 3 of Star Trek's somewhat irreverent, adult animation show, "Lower Decks."
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Join Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of "Last Night in Soho."
Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of Netflix's take on the graphic novel "I Am Not Okay With This."
Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives as they look at the comic book classic and now Netflix hit "The Sandman."
Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives as they look at Disney+'s newest entry into their Marvel lineup, the half-hour sitcom "She-Hulk."
Join Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives as they look at Netflix's irreverent, black comedy about superheroes, "The Boys."
Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives as they look at the comic book classic and now Netflix hit "The Sandman."
In The New Matrix, he describes the modern world just like it is, and then he reflects on how a religion that is 2,000 years old fits into the matrix of the twenty-first century.
Now that the "Obi-Wan Kenobi" series is finished (is it?), join Mark and Caleb as they revisit the show and enjoy a themed drink (or two) while sharing their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives on the show.
Join Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives as they look at the recently wrapped season 4 of "Stranger Things."
Covering a significant range of insights, including those of Anna Freud, Margaret Mahler, Donald Winnicott, Eric Erikson and Carl Jung, Brother Noel links psychotherapy with the notion that sexuality and spirituality spring from the same source
If you’re looking for some stimulating summer reading, I have two novels to recommend. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult and Kristen Hannah’s novel, "The Great Alone", is another page turner.
If God is love, then suffering and evil aren’t God’s fault. Love attracts but doesn’t force, doesn’t compel.
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.
Pour yourself a drink and join us for good times as we talk about pop culture, theology, and politics from progressive Christian perspective.
In his inspirational novel, A Man Called Jesus, author, Dr. Rick Herrick, presents a Jesus with irresistible compassion who is deeply infused with God's love.
William Blake had quite the year in his home city of London in 2019. The Tate Britain Museum had a major exhibition of his extraordinary multifaceted art, something it does every twenty years or so.
With or Without God: Why the Way We Live Is More Important Than What We Believe by Gretta Vosper is a book
Here’s a book uniquely aimed at today’s critical challenge. It comes from a writer with a long history of (pious but genuine) infatuation with Creation.
by Robin R Meyers
A review of SAVING GOD FROM RELIGION: A minister’s search for faith in a skeptical age. by Robin R Meyers 2020 Published
Overcoming the Evil of Silence
In 2018, the evangelical scholar Walter Brueggemann boldly departed from the twin evils of American Christian Evangelicals – fawning approval and cowardly silence about the evils of privilege and oppression that have resulted in “our socio-political circumstance.”