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2012-05-01T17:49:37+00:00

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Dear Church: It’s Not You, It’s Us

Last updated on: May 1, 2012 at 5:49 pm By Guest Contributor

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While churches have a great deal of liability in matters of “clergy killing,” I think it is important that pastors say out loud to our congregations: you are not entirely the problem. We are. Read more

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2017-05-17T17:26:58+00:00

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How to Live As a Christian Without Having to Believe the Unbelievable

Last updated on: May 17, 2017 at 5:26 pm By Jim Burklo

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How can you follow Jesus’ way of love without accepting creeds that are confusing or impossible for you to believe? Read more

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2012-04-24T20:27:49+00:00

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The Way of the Mule

Last updated on: April 24, 2012 at 8:27 pm By Jim Burklo

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A Spanish pilgrim in rough clothes rode on a mule toward Rome and Jerusalem in the year 1522. Ignatius of Loyola was his name. He was “to the manor born” but rejected his wealth and status to pursue spiritual enlightenment. Later he would become the founder of the Jesuit order of Catholic priests. Along the way he met a Moor – perhaps a man of North African ancestry who converted at least nominally to Christianity to escape persecution after the... Read more

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2012-04-17T21:24:22+00:00

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Muddy Insight

Last updated on: April 17, 2012 at 9:24 pm By Jim Burklo

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Discovery I dreamed I heard someone singing A beautiful song I’d never heard before. I woke up humming the tune. Who is the songwriter? I dreamed I found a piece of paper lying on a sandy shore. On it was a poem I’d never read before. Its intense clarity haunted me after I awoke. Who is the poet? Muddy Insight (at Esalen, Big Sur) Four billion years ago, Clouds spat rain on flowing lava, Hot vents stirred the seabed, And... Read more

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2012-04-13T20:43:11+00:00

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GCB: The Good, the Gag-me, and the Gospel

Last updated on: April 13, 2012 at 8:43 pm By Guest Contributor

by Erin Wathen I love the new show GCB. And it bugs me. And I love to let it bug me. Lots of people don’t love it, and I kind of get why. For one thing, it is not super well-written. The main character is sort of flat. I don’t think she’s a bad actress, really…they just aren’t writing her very good lines. Also, if you are a Christian, it feels (ALOT) like the show is making fun. Because it is.... Read more

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2012-04-11T01:14:55+00:00

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Seeking the Blessing: April 15

Last updated on: April 11, 2012 at 1:14 am By Jim Burklo

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I received many responses to my recent “musings” about the Blessing of Taxes (coming this Sunday, April 15) and my Christian arguments for progressive taxation, most of them critical. Some objected to the sin-focused theology of my argument that taxation is necessary because human greed prevents charity from being adequate in meeting the needs of the poor. Others were so frustrated with the amount of public funds spent on the military that they could not imagine praying a blessing on... Read more

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2012-04-10T15:32:51+00:00

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Together Towards Tomorrow: Pluralism in India

Last updated on: April 10, 2012 at 3:32 pm By Benjamin Chicka

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On January 21, 2011 the De Smet – de Marneffe Memorial Annual Lecture was held in the new post graduate block of the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV) campus. The speaker for that year’s event was Dr. Ramachandra Pradhan of the University of Hyderabad. I was asked by the faculty of JDV to take part in this event as a panelist along with Dr. Pradhan fielding questions after the lecture from those in attendance. The title of his lecture was “The Contributions... Read more

2012-04-05T21:11:08+00:00

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Compassion Week

Last updated on: April 5, 2012 at 9:11 pm By Jim Burklo

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What’s your passion, this Passion Week? Anything worth risking your life? I attended a conference at Esalen Institute at Big Sur this past week, which gathered filmmakers and activists to share media strategies for promoting reconciliation among the religions of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. At one point the conversation focused on how to prevent war between Iran and Israel and America. People professed strong feelings about the brewing crisis. “Are you willing to die to prevent this war?” asked... Read more

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2012-04-02T13:19:11+00:00

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Religion and Science in the Indian Context

Last updated on: April 2, 2012 at 1:19 pm By Benjamin Chicka

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During the past year I had the great fortune to spend a little over one month teaching at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), the Pontifical Institute for Philosophy and Religion, in Pune, India. The purpose of my visit was to teach the course “The Scientific Study of Religion” to seminarians (roughly amounting to undergraduate students in the United States) at the institute. The course focused on explanations for religious belief commonly offered in evolutionary science, neuroscience, and biological/evolutionary psychology and the relevance... Read more

Science versus Religion

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2012-04-01T21:18:16+00:00

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How I’m Preaching the Resurrection

Last updated on: April 1, 2012 at 9:18 pm By Deborah Arca

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Easter morning approaches, bringing with it a fresh opportunity — and challenge — to unpack the mystery of the Resurrection to an alternately curious, skeptical and hopeful world. Here’s how a few of our Patheos bloggers plan to preach it this Sunday. [Let us know how you’re planning to preach (or would preach) the Resurrection in the Comments section below.] Christian Piatt Bending Toward Love Lots of folks love preaching about the risen Christ on Easter Sunday without talking about... Read more

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