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Sophia Theological Seminary – A Re-imagined Community

Living and learning in harmony with creation and with one another

Imagine . . . you begin the day in the classroom of the earth, learning about God’s good creation by feeling it, working with it, helping coax its fruit to maturity.

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kNOw Justice, kNOw Peace!

Does Jesus really mean we must love our neighbor? And who is our neighbor?

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An Important Lesson in the Israel/ Hamas War:

You can't live with a spirit of revenge for past wrongs; you have to live with hope for the possibilities of the future

Let’s assume that a chance for peace still exists on the other side of the current Israeli/ Hamas war.  By no means a sure thing, but we have to hope. 

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Falling into darkness … and, finding ourselves

    It has been so hard to watch the events unfolding in Gaza and not fall into the ease of a hardline approach on one side or the other of any one particular event before having …

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Smile, You’re a Progressive Christian!

You get no racism, no sexism, no homophobia, no classism…no negative stuff at all from Progressive Christians. You get positive people doing positive things.

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The Power of Evil and the Cult of Donald Trump

As the persona of Donald Trump continues to dominate our public lives, increasingly, we have become aware of the cult of personality that has risen up in his shadow.  To be sure, it has evolved over time, but its existence as a cult cannot be denied. 

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Coming Home

So it was a great irony that some of the most homeful people in Palo Alto were the houseless.  And some of the most homeless people in Silicon Valley were the housed. 

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God and the Luminous Web

  The luminous web.  What quantum physics suggests is that everything in life–molecules, particles, and sub-atomic particles–is inter-connected.  We are all caught up in an infinite web of relationships.  Indeed, as human beings–as inherently social people–each of …

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Dancing in the Darkness

Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times

Moss takes the words from our ancient Scriptures and prophetically applies them to our most urgent moral battles and choices; in ways that makes the Bible come alive again.

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Fierce Love

A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World

We are living in a world divided. Race and ethnicity, caste and color, gender and sexuality, class and education, religion and political party have all become demographic labels that reduce our differences to simplistic categories in which “we” are vehemently against “them.”

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Heavenly LGBTQ+

Queer Icons from LGBTQ Life, Religion and History

Heavenly LGBTQ+ highlights the role of LGBTQ+ people in the Russia-Ukraine war and puts it into a broader context.

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Authentic Christianity: Why it Matters for Followers of Jesus

Christians are not widely known for authenticity. You may even feel stifled in the congregation you’ve been part of for years—and you wouldn’t be the only one.

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Film: On Compassion

The question “What’s it like to be you?” is a powerful starting point for building bridges between people.

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Themi – Apostle To The Hungry

A rock star, atheist, Marxist, world-class theologian, African missionary, and a Greek Orthodox Bishop all in one lifetime? Bishop Themi is a beacon of hope and inspiration to millions of Christians.

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Ron DeSantis and the State Where Education Goes To Die

The context for this article is the proposed new curriculum for the instruction of students on African American history.  Outrage over the proposal is mounting every day. 

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: Do Progressive Christians Celebrate the 4th of July?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Pastor Marshela Salgado: Q: Do Progressive Christians Celebrate the 4th of July?

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Transformative Activism:

A Values Revolution in Everyday Life in a Time of Societal Collapse

Are you fed up with an activism that isn’t truly transformative?

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Book Review “Frequently Asked White Questions”

By Ajay Parasram and Alex Khasnabish

The book offers resources for our best intentions in order to make life easier for exhausted racialized people everywhere — including a bibliography, an excellent glossary and 10 top principles for thinking about racial politics as a white person.

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