Posted in Progressive Christianity on Feb 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
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Tribal Religion: Recasting the Christian Message for Century 21
I have recently read the presentation/essay by John Shelby […]
Posted in Progressive Christianity on Dec 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Here is my greeting for the season: May the Dark Nights of Advent prepare you and yours in becoming fertile soil for that tiny candlelight of Christmas that can become a fire upon the Earth.
We seldom celebrate Advent anymore. Only a few of us light some purple candles and remember that the four […]
Posted in Progressive Christianity on Oct 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Progressive Christians are achieving great clarity about the historical development of the Bible and about viewing biblical passages in a metaphorical rather than a literal way. Using the word “God,” however, continues to be an area of unclarity and outright confusion.
It is, I believe, helpful to begin with H. Richard Niebuhr’s insight that the […]