Food & Faith: A Theology of Eating
September 8, 2011
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Norman Wirzba’s new book, Food & Faith: A Theology of Eating was reviewed by Mary Bowling on Englewood Review of Books. Bowling writes that the
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But God was not in the whirlwind
August 29, 2011
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Today, the overwhelming majority of Americans—including the overwhelming majority of American Christians—now believe that when God has something to say He speaks in less dramatic ways, including the still small voices in our hearts and the slightly louder voices of the preachers in our pulpits.
Theological fortitude in a meteorological and emotional maelstrom
August 28, 2011
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Members of the congregation you serve have been through an earthquake and a hurricane in less than a week’s time. Everyone’s wondering if bad things really come in threes, and if so, when the hail of frogs might begin. What do you say when you step into the pulpit?
The top 25 progressive theologians
August 23, 2011
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Who do progressive clergy read? A group of thirty United Church of Canada clergy listed their top 25 theologians. There are a number of Episcopalian
Sabbath and vacation
August 17, 2011
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In this season of Congressional recess, family trips and controversy over whether or not President Obama should take a vacation, why does rest matter? Is vacation spiritual?
Recovering the Commons
August 17, 2011
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Where is the voice of the Churches today? Where is a rebuke to those who would hoard wealth out of covetousness and greed and exploit those with less or nothing for more gain? These who cry socialism for funding a school or supporting the aged without means, but who receive all sorts of government handouts in the form of tax breaks, loopholes, and incentives for themselves?
Bishop Beckwith on scarcity and abundance
August 10, 2011
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The scarcity is real. But so is the abundance. You just have to dig down a bit harder to find it; and a bit further to trust it.
Spirit of invention
August 7, 2011
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What if the boat doesn’t float?
Sinks straight to the bottom?
And I end up with just a wet butt
And everything wasted.
Marcus Borg: “Sometimes the words in the Bible are wrong.”
July 27, 2011
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Marcus Borg, interviewed online at the Progressive Christian Portal has something to say about how we read the Bible today. And he encourages clergy to
Our post-denominational future?
July 16, 2011
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It’s pretty common to hear people opine that we are living into a post-denominational future. There are fewer differences between many main-line denominations than there
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