Posted in Progressive Christianity on Feb 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Gene Marshall, January 2010
Witnessing love may be the most important skill for organizing and anchoring a vital circle of Resurgent Christian nurture and mission.
In his sermon “You Are Accepted,” Paul Tillich describes the happening of “grace” as an experience of reunion with Reality. “Grace,” as this word is used in the letters of Paul, is […]
Posted in Progressive Christianity on Feb 14th, 2010 No Comments »
A sketch of the Christian story by Gene Marshall, January 2010
Jesus did not establish a religion; he was and remained a Jew for his whole life. For him there was no New Testament, no Christian religious practice, no intimation that there would ever be such a thing. Rather, in his own being he […]
Posted in Progressive Christianity on Feb 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
A dialogue by Gene Marshall with John Shelby Spong’s essay
Tribal Religion: Recasting the Christian Message for Century 21
I have recently read the presentation/essay by John Shelby Spong on Tribal Religion. I count it as one of the best essay’s I have read by Spong. I agree entirely with Spong’s critique of what he means […]
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 […]