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So many ways to experience the Spirit… and yet if one believes that the universe comprises an objective reality that exists whether or not the human species is present
read moreWhen I wake up in the middle of the night
and my mind relentlessly gnaws on some bone of contention,
I try to remember Snoopy’s observation:
The world continues to be rocked by racist hate crimes, some carried out churches and synagogues, of all places.
read moreCreativity, imagination, intuition… they are all related. We find them when we’re willing to let go of our left-brain, analytical, see-it-to-believe-it mentality.
read moreResurrection opportunities abound. Whenever we have faced a fear, a challenge, a death of some sort, and walked through the metaphorical fire to emerge re-born on the other side
read moreWe all have reasons why we don’t do the things we say we want to. Our minds and hearts know the person we want to be and the life we want to live, but it seems awesomely difficult sometimes to put that knowledge into practice.
read morePentecost is often called “the birthday of the church.” With the institutional church going through a period of turmoil and change, it’s not obvious what kind of birthday will be celebrated generations from now.
read moreIt is often a huge insight to realize how much control we have over our own thoughts.
read moreA memorial service is a curious creation. On the surface, we behave as if the service is for the person who has just died.
read moreCelebrating the diversity of religious traditions. On the first Sunday in May- this year, May 5, 2013 (or other times during the year) – churches dedicate their worship to a celebration of our interfaith world.
read moreThomas Berry, the Catholic priest and ecotheologian, wrote:
We must move beyond a spirituality focused simply on the divine and the human to a spirituality concerned with the survival of the natural world in its full splendor,
Who is my neighbor? We teach the Sunday School to sing Jan Wesson’s hymn:
read moreThe restless, curious, ever-questioning human mind… every new door we open leads to new explorations, new questions, new discoveries, and more doors.
read moreSpringtime is for planting, one of those everyday expressions of great faith. We plant seeds and water and weed them, and expect a harvest of zinnias or zucchini.
read moreAre you perpetually preparing? Always looking ahead, getting ready for the next event, the next project, the next vacation, the next thing you think you need to do?
read moreHow astonished we are to discover how much of life is actually not under our control! We carefully maintain an illusion of control because it gives us comfort and security.
read moreMore music and more composers and lyricists! … Progressive Christian worship music is out there — but it does take a little searching. Singing together has its own rewards, and church is one of the few remaining venues where we do it regularly. So it’s worth the effort to find music that your particular congregation will find meaningful.
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 moreWe search and strive and struggle all our lives, and in the end it always comes back to love. Boundless love.
read moreHow many people do you suppose have had their eyes and hearts opened to progressive Christianity because of John Shelby Spong?
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