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I hate this bloody week … but the brutal truth is, it’s here to stay.

The week between Palm Sunday and Easter

How are we supposed to cope with the despair that sets in when our known world is stolen and an invading, oppressive regime steps in?

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – May 1, 2023

  Join Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of Netfilx’s post-apocalyptic hit based on a DC comic series by the same name, “Sweet …

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Walking with the Spiritual But Not Religious

Walking with the Spiritual but Not Religious takes a fresh look at being a spiritual companion for those who self-identify as something other than religious—SBNR, Nones, not religious, agnostics, atheists, people who have experienced something unexplainable, and those who have encountered the paranormal (religious or otherwise).

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Heavenly Homos, Etc.: Queer Icons from LGBTQ Life, Religion, and History

Saints and heroes of the LGBTQ community come alive through bold artwork in ‘Heavenly Homos, Etc’. by Dutch priest Jan Haen. He paints diverse people of faith, courage, and love who can inspire readers with new models of queer holiness. The clear, concise style packs a whole pantheon of saints into a single user-friendly volume.

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Meeting on the Road

Can it be, the Divine comes to walk with us
on the road of our doubts,
our pain, our brokenness?

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Brother James: For Your Progressive Christian Playlist

Justin James Sinclair is a young man on a mission.  He made retreats at the St Andrew’s Abbey and New Camaldoli monasteries in California, where, to his astonishment, he discovered a strand of Christianity that no one in the evangelical churches he attended, nor at Biola University where he studied, had revealed to him before. 

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The Lost Cause

Are we still living with the racial divide left over from the Civil War? This provocative audio documentary explores the history of a conflict that nearly tore America apart.

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The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence

Omnipotence is dead. At least it should be. It has no biblical support. And it dies a death of a thousand qualifications in philosophy.

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Discovering Fire: Spiritual Practices That Transform Lives

Is it “Christianity meets Burning Man,” “Richard Rohr meets Russell Brand,” or “Communion Wafers meet Psychedelic Spirituality”? Yes! This and more.

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The 5 Elephantine Principles of Life

Foundational ideas/ principles for understanding the universe and ourselves

I want to share some reflections on process thought, known as process theology when applied to God and religion.

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Gunslinger Theology

At this point in my life and faith, knowing too little about God feels healthier than knowing too much.

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John Trudell Quote “We have to really think like human beings.”

We have to really think like human beings. And, just accept the reality of now.

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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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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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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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