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May 23, 2022

Excommunicating Nancy Pelosi

Imagine Nancy Pelosi and Archbishop Cordileone kneeling at the same communion rail!

May 20, 2022

Robert John Russell: In Celebration

Robert John Russell's retirement May 19, 2022 marks a major transition in the field of...

May 13, 2022

Cosmotheology: Steven J. Dick

Intellectual historian Steven J. Dick is a religious naturalist. Nature is inclusive of the entire...

May 12, 2022

Extraterrestrial Intelligence & Science

In the past, astrobiologists would not invite ufologists to their BBQs. Or vice versa. Is...

May 03, 2022

Universal Salvation, Grace, and Hellfire

After identifying problems with infernalism [everlasting hell] and contingent immortality [some souls are annihilated], we...

April 2022

April 30, 2022

Astrotheology as Public Theology

One the one hand, the Copernican Principle means that cosmic consciousness provides us on Earth...

April 17, 2022

Religious Transhumanism 9: Christian Transhumanism versus Transhumanist Christianity

It would be difficult, I think, to combine the Promethean self-understanding within transhumanism with any...

April 07, 2022

The Public Theologian as Ecumenical & Ecumenic Pluralist

What is public theology? Among other agendas, the public theologian takes up both ecumenical and...

March 2022

March 21, 2022

From Ukraine to World War Three in One Misstep

The Ukrainian war forces our leadership to choose between multiple evils. Some evils are worse...

March 09, 2022

Moscow: The Worst Public Theology

The worst public theology is offered by Moscow Patriarch Kirill who spreads homophobia instead of...

March 05, 2022

From Ukraine to Armageddon?

Does it help to predict Armageddon from the Ukraine War? No.

February 2022

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 34: Sin Boldly!

Holy Spirit, place the living Christ in our heart; free us from bondage to the...

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 32: Sin

Holy Spirit, inspire us to draw that line between good and evil and place ourselves...

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 33: Redemptive Violence

God’s non-violent means of redemption on the cross invalidates the myth of redemptive violence. Redemptive...

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 40: The Burial of Jesus

Holy Spirit, we know that with Jesus’ burial it was all over. But, on Easter...

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 39: The Death of Jesus

God, in Jesus on the cross you felt all the pain and suffering that comes...

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 38: Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

Holy Spirit, make our every prayer like Jesus’ prayer: not my will but God’s will...

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 37: The Authority of Jesus Questioned

Holy Spirit, ready us to receive your probing questions and provide honest answers. We trust...

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 36: Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

Holy Spirit, open my mind and my heart to discern the Scriptures. Amen.

February 28, 2022

Short Prayers 35: Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Holy Spirit, prepare our church for Holy Week. Cleanse us when we need it. Amen.

February 26, 2022

40 Short Prayers for Lent 2023

Ash Wednesday marks the first of forty days of discipline and devotion, as we meditate...

February 26, 2022

Short Prayers 31: Blessing

God of blessing, answer our prayer by fulfilling our hope…as you see fit. Amen.

February 26, 2022

Short Prayers 30: Humor

O holy God of Israel, you are nearer to us than we are to ourselves;...

February 26, 2022

Short Prayers 29: Heaven Above

Father above, who sent the Son of Man for our salvation, prepare us for heaven. Amen.

February 25, 2022

Short Prayers 28: Communion

Oh Christ, you are present in the bread and wine of communion; bind us to...

February 25, 2022

Short Prayers 27: Baptism

The Holy Spirit is like a wall socket. If you never plug anything in, you...

February 25, 2022

Short Prayers 26: Mysticism

How can an incorporating and inclusive totality of reality fit its grand truth inside our...

February 25, 2022

Short Prayers 25: Buddha

O God, who creates this world and the next, guide us into seeing both the...

February 25, 2022

Short Prayers 24: Grace

God of grace, we thank you for the forgiveness of our sins and the promise...

February 25, 2022

Short Prayers 23: Nature

Creator God, who loves every past of the world you have created, help us to...