In the academic comfort of a library study alcove, I look out over the central green at Dartmouth College, where one week ago storm, troopers in full riot gear armed with batons moved across this space in the eerie hours of post-dusk darkness, forcefully breaking up a small, peaceful gathering of students and faculty supporters and tearing down a six tent encampment prohibited by college rules.
Christian nationalism that had led to the first world war, was now leading to the second. Almost all of the 60 million Germans in 1933 were Christians. The country was suffering in the aftermath of WWI, and it was ready for a new “Leader” who would restore the economy and national pride.
When he preached, he spontaneously broke into rhyme. Not just with his own words, but with the souls of his congregation, with the hearts of the people in the community he served.
The fact is that civil-minded folk outnumber the forces on the other side. There are just more of us than there are of them. The problem is that we have not recognized the current existential threat. We slide along the path we are on, pretending as though next year will be the same as this year. It will not.
A paradigm-shifting journey into God as Self and the World as Heaven on Earth.
Will American politicians stand up to Putin? Will they learn anything from the sacrifice of Navalny?
Lent is not about giving up chocolate. It’s about uncovering the blindness in our perception and being open to what others have to share with us.
The cross, the symbol of the Christian faith, has been the subject of much theological discussion through the ages.
The material we are exploring is controversial; the subject matter is often tied to deeply held beliefs. The intention of this study guide is not to change your mind but to challenge your beliefs.
You have to live with hope for the possibilities of the future
Let's assume that a chance for peace still exists on the other side of the current Israeli/ Hamas war. By no means a sure thing, but we have to hope.
By Dag Øistein Endsjø
Learn about how people have sought physical immortality since the beginning of time, what means are employed to escape death, how various religions promise you eternal life, and about the men and women who are said to have already become immortal.
"The Fugitives of Gethsemane" dramatizes the story about four apostles during the 3 days between the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus.
Part Two
The four searchers now realized that there were two Jesus stories, one pervasive across the Christian churches, the other hidden in the background.
Global warming is the latest proof that we have crossed a boundary into a truly apocalyptic age, for we now live in a period when anthropogenic change is overpowering nature and life itself.
We are considering how Courage, like Joy, is one of the signs of holiness in our time. In yesterday’s meditation, Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us that we “must love something more than the fear of death” if we are to live.
Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Rev. Roger Wolsey explores the question: “What is Salvation?”
The Easter experience is about the birth of a new consciousness. It is a consciousness that burst upon the followers of Jesus
Walking with the Spiritual but Not Religious takes a fresh look at being a spiritual companion for those who self-identify as something other than religious—SBNR, Nones, not religious, agnostics, atheists, people who have experienced something unexplainable, and those who have encountered the paranormal (religious or otherwise).
Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Rev. Roger Wolsey Q: Does Hell Exist?
Is it "Christianity meets Burning Man," "Richard Rohr meets Russell Brand," or "Communion Wafers meet Psychedelic Spirituality"? Yes! This and more.
I am writing this because I have an uncommon employment history that has provided me with a very unique skill-set and perspective when it comes to making difficult and challenging hospital, hospice or nursing facility visits.
As our world faces the spectacle of Russia still harming civilians while it rampages through Ukraine, we re-visit our award-winning series, “The Power of Nonviolence”. The focus is to tell poignant stories about alternatives to military destruction and other violence, and to illustrate that there are more humane and saner ways to resolve conflict — a theme urgently needed now.
Gun Violence at Michigan State
I cannot tell you how furious I am with the politicians in our country, in both chambers (mostly Republicans), who stubbornly (thinking only of themselves) refuse to enact significant gun reform legislation.
Discover Your True Nature & Get Shift Moving
Spiritual Constipation is a breath of fresh air in an often-musty genre.
The Angelic Sound of Healing, Relaxation and Spiritual Awakening
This book is not only a thorough and practical instruction manual to get started with crystal singing bowls, it offers inspiring stories and guidance from Ashana’s twenty-plus years of playing, teaching, and healing through crystalline sound.
Advent holds such a sacred space – the story and formation of the womb is tucked into our souls. Advent is most often thought of as an individual journey, even though we may celebrate together.
with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
It is our hope that our time together nourished your spirits and inspired your work as the change agents, healers and light workers that you are.
Three Theological Responses to Suffering
Revisioning ancient faith for the modern world is not an easy task. No simple answers exist. The process will be long, complicated, conflicted, and uncertain.
Mythic Christ Podcast offers an online community for exploring mythic structures of story, archetype, dream, and the deep imaginal realm within religious traditions to explore a growing collective longing to rewild our divine images in order to support the reawakening of the mystic perennial wisdom of Earth and soul.
Interfaith Wisdom for a Postmodern World
Divine Sparks presents practical and inspiring wisdom from the world's great religious traditions for men and women of all faiths—or none.