The Bible as Paintings
The artist, Ron Bigony, is a distant relative of my wife. His vivid impressionistic painting of Times Square triggered my …
Tag: Progressive Christianity
Nondualism
Dualism For most of my years, I assumed the world had a dualistic nature. Only I never knew to call …
Ultimate Reality
Enhanced image courtesy of NASA On December 24, 1968, Bill Anders, in the Apollo 8 spacecraft, shot this photo of …
A ridiculously brief history of religion – Christian version
For communion, our church uses a beautiful loaf of leavened bread, which, coincidentally, happens to be the Eastern Orthodox style. …
Prayer is C-A-R-E
Just as Jesus prayed among the olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, many people find a spiritual center in …
Look to the Stars
We’ve finally come to the fourth Stage of Living, the Ending. Unfortunately, this will be very difficult to explain. You …
Focus on Wholeness
In Joshua Tree National Park, towards the end of the Hidden Valley Trail, is a plaque with this poem: Integrity …
The Problem with a Simpler Christianity
One of my readers wrote that her husband, “Rob,” didn’t care for progressive Christian authors because they “just tore things …
Which Way Do You Read the Bible?
Is it literally true? Finally shaking off the shackles of slavery, over two million people set out from Egypt to …
What Happened to Our Old God?
Brian McLaren gives one of the coolest examples of our changing perceptions of God. He starts with the basic view …
A New Reformation Is Ablaze!
Our local park district has a beautiful prairie that grows tall and green for several years. Then, to make it …