Articles
Glenn Beck’s redemption song
Beck's DC rally offers a new kind of conservative religious politics....
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Christianity, What's in A Name
To whom it may concern. After reading the powerful article "Anne Rice Quits Christianity" by Michael Rowe. I was inspired to submit the following article which I orignally wrote for our parish newsletter, following an incident which...
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What Do We Mean When We Say, "I am Christian?"
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Fred Plumer
Over the last fifteen years I listened to a growing number of troubled clergy who are in conflicted and or dying churches. (I believe there is a connection.) Sometimes the battles are over “LBGT” issues and other times it may be...
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Books
Healing the Sexually Abused Heart: A Workbook for Survivors, Thrivers, and Supporters
Don't let abuse dominate your life or the life of someone you know! If you are a survivor of sexual abuse, this workbook is your key to a new life. Written by survivors themseves, it offers you insight and resources that can...
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The Passion of the Greeks: Christianity and the Rape of the Hellenes
Vallianatos' book addresses a crime of the past that still affects us today, and whose rectification could facilitate a more humanistic future. He reveals the censored history of the conflict between Christianity and ancient Greek culture ("Jerusalem...
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The Hidden POWER of the Gospels
This is NOT just another book about the gospels! With a perfect blend of historical context mixed with contemporary insights, Dr. Shaia opens up the gospels in a whole new way....
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Educational Materials
Well-Fed Spirit Website
A free Website providing diverse spiritual-practice and wellness resources for Christians in a progressive and affirming manner....
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Facing Our Environmental Crisis Alone
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David Anderson
Prominent scientists throughout the world are now telling us that before the end of the present century we may be facing a sudden and dramatic reversal in planetary sustainability. They point to a succession of dangerous environmental “tipping...
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Servant or Sucker? Wise and Compassionate Ways to Help the Poor, A DVD
No one wants to be a sucker in these situations but at the same time Jesus’ call to help the poor echoes in our hearts and minds. Servant or Sucker? Wise and Compassionate Ways to Help the Poor helps viewers discern appropriate, Christ-centered...
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Sermons
Toward a More Perfect Union
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Jim Burklo
The will of the people is blessed. So how can we make sure it is more faithfully expressed? This is not just a matter of practical politics; there is something of the divine in the quest for “a more perfect Union”. ...
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Show Us God
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Gary A. Wilburn
One of the primary issues which separates progressive churches from those which are not is our understanding of salvation. We do not believe that we, as Jesus’ followers,...
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A Sermon for Sneetches, Both Starful and Starless
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Jim Burklo
What drives us to make ourselves look all the same - But look differently special at quite the same time? A strange situation without reason or rhyme! Conformity rules how we talk and we dress And governs the ways that we try to impress. We...
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Worship Materials
The Lord's Prayer: An Interpretation
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Jim Burklo
Dear One, closer to us than our own hearts, farther from us than the most distant star, you are beyond naming. May your powerful presence become obvious not only in the undeniable glory...
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If Darwin Prayed- Poems
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Bruce Sanguin
Poems from an upcoming book by Bruce Sanguin. Author of Emerging Church and Darwin, Divinity, and The Dance of the Cosmos....
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Mary and James Meet Joseph of Arimathea- A Drama
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Roger Sperling
A Drama for Good Friday (Act II)*After the crucifixion of Jesus, Mary, his mother, and James, his brother, go in search of the tomb to see where they have laid him. They encounter Joseph under the now empty cross and ask if he knows where...
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