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2013-03-25T16:45:42+00:00

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Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

Last updated on: March 25, 2013 at 4:45 pm By Greg Garrett

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Is it possible to push back against the atonement theory formulated by St. Anselm of Canterbury and imagine other meaningful reasons for Jesus to go to the Cross this week? Read more

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2013-03-20T22:57:25+00:00

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Sharks, Dolphins, and the Curious Progressive Theology of Rob Bell

Last updated on: March 20, 2013 at 10:57 pm By Eric Smith

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Rob Bell has long swum with the sharks. Everyone assumed he was a shark. But now the sharks are angry, and I can see why: Rob Bell sure looks like a dolphin these days. And my question is: where did he get these new flippers? Read more

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2013-03-20T22:03:01+00:00

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Welcome to Progressive Christianity, Rob Bell!

Last updated on: March 20, 2013 at 10:03 pm By Jim Burklo

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A Review of Rob Bell’s new book: What We Talk About When We Talk About God (2013: HarperOne) A few years ago I wrote a “musing” about Rob Bell’s book, LOVE WINS, in which this former evangelical megachurch pastor abandoned the idea that anybody is going to hell. He now espouses the Christian theology known as universalism: that Jesus saves absolutely everyone. On the cross, love won, and from then on, nobody has been hellbound. One way or another, in... Read more

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2013-03-19T20:54:39+00:00

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WWFS? (What Would Francis Say?)

Last updated on: March 19, 2013 at 8:54 pm By Guest Contributor

By Anne Howard, Executive Director The Beatitudes Society Francis. Francis is on my mind right now as we travel toward Palm Sunday, and Holy Week rises into view. I should say that Holy Week looms into view, as this can be a daunting time of year for church folks: preachers and palm-frond gatherers and liturgists and lily arrangers and foot-washers and bulletin preparers are all making sure their “Ts” are crossed and their “Is” are dotted. It’s not a simple thing to... Read more

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2013-03-19T21:09:15+00:00

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This Is Not a Pipe – and other opinions…

Last updated on: March 19, 2013 at 9:09 pm By Jim Burklo

I’m involved in an initiative here at USC to encourage the use of contemplative and meditative techniques in teaching and learning, in all kinds of classrooms. The last gathering of our Contemplative Pedagogy Faculty Interest Group was led by James Collins, assistant professor of classics. He introduced us to theater games which he employs with students to get them to go deeper in contemplating philosophical questions. One of the warm-up “improv” exercises was for us dignified professor-types to wander around... Read more

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2013-03-08T18:52:01+00:00

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Free Will or Lively Imagination?

Last updated on: March 8, 2013 at 6:52 pm By Jim Burklo

A week ago, I attended a conference at Chapman University in Orange, CA, devoted to the topic of free will. The speakers included a physicist, a Sikh spiritual teacher, a rabbi, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and a couple of philosophers. The physicist mused about the possibility, at least at the quantum level, of future events influencing the present in something like the way the present is shaped by the past, thus challenging the idea that past actions entirely control present... Read more

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2013-02-21T00:47:14+00:00

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The Gift: A poem for Lent

Last updated on: February 21, 2013 at 12:47 am By Jim Burklo

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(This poem, which I wrote during Lent in 1981, appears in my book, BIRDLIKE AND BARNLESS – it is based on Numbers 21: 4-9, John 3: 13-15) THE GIFT No one’s raised who did not fall No one saves whom God did not send No one stands whose knees won’t bend No helper’s not been helped at all While being raised we each shall die The poison has an antidote God may sleep in my storm-tossed boat But when she... Read more

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2013-02-19T21:51:07+00:00

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The Questions of Lent: To Give Up or Not to Give Up?

Last updated on: February 19, 2013 at 9:51 pm By Deborah Arca

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Our Facebook Lenten Question of the Week series launched last week with this: How Might a Progressive Christian Approach Lent? Throughout the week, our fantastic bloggers posted a number of thoughtful and inspiring responses. Some of the standouts included: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: The Fast We’ve Chosen: Begging with our Friends Kurt Willems: Ash Wednesday: Because Sometimes Rich Christians Simply Need to Starve a Little David Henson: Reclaiming Repentance as a Progressive Christian Nadia Bolz-Weber: The Crap We Give our Hearts To Bruce Epperly:... Read more

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2013-02-12T18:35:12+00:00

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Why I’m Giving Up Politics for Lent

Last updated on: February 12, 2013 at 6:35 pm By Guest Contributor

By Jeff Fulmer Okay, this is an easy one. I was getting tired of all the polling and endless speculating before the 2012 elections. Two days after President Obama was re-elected, the Republicans were threatening to run us off the fiscal cliff and were still trying to find a cover-up in Benghazi. It’s draining and, frankly, I’m bored with the same old arguments that bounce around the media echo-chamber by the same old talking heads. I feel like I’m watching... Read more

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2013-02-11T22:14:12+00:00

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Walking Through Lent: Progressive Christians on the Journey

Last updated on: February 11, 2013 at 10:14 pm By Deborah Arca

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Once considered the liturgical purview of the Catholics, Lent – the 40-day period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday before Easter – has become more and more embraced as a liturgical season with legs within the Protestant church. With the comfort level of spiritual practices on the rise in mainstream congregations for the past decade, progressive Christians now regularly claim Lent as a season for deep reflection, prayer, repentance, and overall spiritual growth. So the question is: How will you walk... Read more

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