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Woke and Wealth

I read once that if everyone started out with the same amount of good land and the same amount of money or what money could buy, despite the initial equality, some would become rich, and others would become poor. Why would this happen?

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – March 20, 2023

Join Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the DC Extended Universe’s latest movie, “Shazam: Fury of the Gods.”

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Easter Poem

I’m from down under in NZ, so our Lenten season is inverted where we journey through autumn to winter rather than spring to summer. Feel free to use it.

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Why I Am A Christian Agnostic

Jesus wasn’t a Christian, he was a Jew; he never came to start a new religion.

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Some Woman Somewhere

Poetry for International Women's Day

As International Women’s Day rolled around, that simmering sense of anger came to the surface. It flowed out, however, not in the murky waters of a pity pool, but in a torrent of stories of women all around the world and the challenges they face on a regular, often daily, basis. I set my own concerns aside and wrote for them, my own difficulties of little consequence in the face of what it is other women do every single day. In the light of their strength, our own can be renewed.

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Love Will Have the Final Laugh: An Easter Hymn

A pretty, simple Easter Hymn: Love Will Have the Final Laugh

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Beyond Church

Can, will, or indeed, should ‘the Church’ Survive?

For far too many selfish reasons, I do hope that the church will survive. But for the sake of LOVE, not only do I hope the church does not survive, I believe that the church should not survive.

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Sermon: Holy Envy: Buddhism

e Buddha and Jesus have a lot in common and many of their teachings are saying similar things.

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Sermon: If You Have Ears, Hear!

Matthew 13:1-23 Jesus’ Parable The Sower and the Seed

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – March 13, 2023

Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the first two episodes of season 3 of “The Mandalorian.”

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The scrutiny of Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris has been in office since 2020. Harris struggles to carve out a lane for herself, and she feels the weight of being the first Black and Asian American to be the nation’s V.P. However, with an approval rating no higher than 39 percent from multiple polls, can Harris convince the American public for a second term?

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Some Medical / Pastoral Advice On Making Difficult Hospital Visits

I am writing this because I have an uncommon employment history that has provided me with a very unique skill-set and perspective when it comes to making difficult and challenging hospital, hospice or nursing facility visits.

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What is Progressive Christianity?

A Panel Discussion

Take a few moments and listen to the Board of ProgressiveChristianity.org talk about the Progressive Christian Movement and what it’s going to look like in the future.

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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod president calls for excommunicating white nationalists

‘This is evil. We condemn it in the name of Christ,’ writes LCMS President Matthew Harrison.

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“Honest to God: Christianity at the Convergence of Tradition, Reason and Mystery by John Speers

A Book Review

Honest to God: Christianity at the Convergence of Tradition, Reason and Mystery by John Speers is a fascinating analysis of the current challenges facing the Christian church.

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – March 6, 2023

Join Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the first three episodes of Paramount+’s final season of “Star Trek: Picard.”

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Sermon: Pride Sunday

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Caleb J. Lines, University Christian Church, San Diego, CA

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“The Power of Nonviolence”

As our world faces the spectacle of Russia still harming civilians while it rampages through Ukraine, we re-visit our award-winning series, “The Power of Nonviolence”. The focus is to tell poignant stories about alternatives to military destruction and other violence, and to illustrate that there are more humane and saner ways to resolve conflict — a theme urgently needed now.

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On the Contrary: Living in a Divisive World

It is stories like this one that reminds me that a living Jesus — Jesus the optimistic contrarian — still walks among us in many guises; to tell and retell those human tales of how to truly live, with hope for this world.

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A Holy Week Litany for White People Working against Racism

As we enter Holy Week, we remember the holy work of Jesus in order to take up that work in our own lives and for our own time.

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Why Jesus Being Resuscitated Doesn’t Matter, but That We Can All Be Resurrected Does

The four gospels all tell a different story with regard to Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. The facts are all different, but the essence is the same: something divine was present in Jesus. The values he taught and lived were sacred.

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Liturgical Material

Incorporating the new science, creation spirituality, and Christian teaching

Evolutionary Rituals are ways to show how religion, humanity, and divinity evolve.

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Breadcrumb A Hard Time

Wading out of a hard time is awful. But it’s really all we can do. There is no panacea. No miracle fix. No post-it note on the side of a monitor—“take time to notice what is right”—will instantly un-funk a funk.

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – February 27, 2023

Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of a quiet sci-fi favorite of the critics from 2022, “Vesper.”

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It Could Have Been My Daughter!

Gun Violence at Michigan State

I cannot tell you how furious I am with the politicians in our country, in both chambers (mostly Republicans), who stubbornly (thinking only of themselves) refuse to enact significant gun reform legislation. 

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The Tarrying Place

The Tarrying Place represents the wit and wisdom of the community of more than one hundred women-folx who make up our ever-expanding Circle, each of whom is engaged in their own life’s journey to activist-centered self and community care reflected in our guiding mantras.

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Undaunted

Inhabitants of planet Earth are confronted with the reality that by 2050, or sooner, large parts of the Earth could be uninhabitable.

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Ash Wednesday

What if you knew exactly how you would die — what if everyone in town did?

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Spiritual Constipation

Discover Your True Nature & Get Shift Moving

Spiritual Constipation is a breath of fresh air in an often-musty genre.

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – February 20, 2023

Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the movie that kicks of phase 5 of the MCU – “Quantumania.”

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The Story of Jesus

Jesus did die on a cross, but not to save us from our sins. He did rise from the dead, but not by walking out of an empty tomb. He did not perform miracles, but he did heal peoples’ psychological wounds inflicted by massive oppression. His story got twisted.

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From Amnesia about the Cosmic Christ to Holding Earth Sacred

The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers

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Crystal Singing Bowls

The Angelic Sound of Healing, Relaxation and Spiritual Awakening

This book is not only a thorough and practical instruction manual to get started with crystal
singing bowls, it offers inspiring stories and guidance from Ashana’s twenty-plus years of
playing, teaching, and healing through crystalline sound.

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – February 13, 2023

Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the fantasy, coming of age film, “blaze” – a Tribeca Film Festival Selection.

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14 Questions for Lent

I’m inviting folks to engage with 14 of the questions that Jesus asked his followers during his ministry.  From Ash Wednesday, 2/22, through Easter

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Pontiff’s hurtful statement “homosexuality is a not crime” is a sin

The LGBTQ+ community worldwide is constantly under attack. Pope Francis is a global influencer. He alone can create a movement to decriminalize homosexuality.

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