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You can’t get to Easter without going through Good Friday.
read moreNew music telling the ancient story can bring that story alive in our own time.
read morePoetry and religion seem to go together: two approaches to the challenge of trying to capture the ineffable in words.
read moreHow astonished we are to discover how much of life is actually not under our control!
read moreMore music and more composers and lyricists! … Progressive Christian worship music.
read moreProgressive 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.
read more“Less is more.” A carefully crafted poem leaves so much to the reader’s imagination, which makes it the perfect vehicle for spiritual insights.
read moreHow many people do you suppose have had their eyes and hearts opened to progressive Christianity because of John Shelby Spong?
read moreWe search and strive and struggle all our lives, and in the end it always comes back to love. Boundless love.
read moreMetanoia… change your thinking… see differently… Transforming visions can do that for us.
read more“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”
read moreWhat must the months before the first Christmas have been like for the young Mary?
read moreAdvent prayers remind us what a difficult time and place Jesus was born into. And yet… has there ever been a time when it was not difficult to be born with such gifts?
read moreIf there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations.
read moreDecember brings us Advent, the winter solstice, and if we happen to live in the southern hemisphere, high summer. Rituals abound.
read moreChristianity is changing, or at least the institutional expression of it is changing.
read moreOur separateness is an illusion. We are inextricably connected to the web of all that is. Every action we take, even the energy of every thought, becomes part of that web of connection.
read more“What does communion signify to you?” If you ask that question in a safe-to-tell-my-truth group, it’s often surprising what variety comes forth.
read moreGathering for worship is rather like a chance to recharge your batteries.
read moreIt can be a challenge to compose a funeral or memorial service when you know the gathered group will have a range of religious persuasions.
read moreChrist has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
The ritual of communion can have many different symbolic interpretations in its role of remembrance of the life and teachings of Jesus. The same is true of the music we sing to accompany the ritual.
read moreBaptisms, naming ceremonies, rituals of thanksgiving for new life … all these attest to our desire to mark in some way our recognition of a new member of God’s family.
read moreThe din of our modern world works against staying calm and centered. Some days the best thing you can do for your state of mind is turn off your smartphone.
read morePulled forward by hope, often pushed from behind by desperation, no immigrant leaves his or her home country without powerful emotions in play.
read moreLong summer days and warm weather help us slow down, take time, find some moments to “do nothing,” allow our creativity to emerge, and generally give ourselves permission to relax.
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