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April 2018

April 03, 2018

Seven Stories Book Review, Part 1: From Oppression to Justice

Is the Bible simply a violent book that leads its adherents to violence? Or does...

April 03, 2018

Gratitude For My Muslim Friends On “Love A Muslim Day”

My Dearest Muslim Friends, Assalaamu Alaikum. Today around the world, people are turning a campaign...

April 02, 2018

Only Fools Believe in the Resurrection

Whether you believe in the resurrection as a metaphor or as a literal event, you...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

The Spirituality of Pope Francis: Fake News, Peace Journalism, and Holy Week

In this episode of the RavenCast, Suzanne Ross and I discuss Pope Francis's document titled,...

March 28, 2018

In Remembrance of Me

Editor’s Note: As the Triduum approaches, Teaching Nonviolent Atonement offers this updated Maundy Thursday reflection. An...

March 27, 2018

Passion Sunday Meditation

In the beginning, there was Love. And Love was joyful, and Love was playful. Lover...

March 26, 2018

Palm Sunday: Marching for Our Lives

On Saturday people throughout the world marched for our lives. Did you know that the...

March 23, 2018

Following Jesus: Emigrating from Violence into Love

This Lenten season, as we follow Jesus on his journey to the cross and ultimately...

March 23, 2018

The Spirituality of Pope Francis, Fake News, and Holy Week – The RavenCast

Truth is under assault! What's the deal with "Fake News"? Join Suzanne Ross and Adam...

March 21, 2018

Sermon: Was Jesus Mumbling or Responding?

"In contrast to the aloofness and emotional non-involvement the Greek world-view assumes, Jesus offers a...

March 20, 2018

Overcoming Hate and White Supremacy: A Frank Conversation with Christian Picciolini

White supremacy is on the rise. What should we do about it? Listen to Adam...

March 19, 2018

St. Patrick, Snakes, and Cosmic Love

The spiritual life isn't always easy. But like Patrick, if we keep our eyes on...

March 16, 2018

Walking the Walk of Peace: Our Children Shall Lead Us

To the students who walked out of class Wednesday, for your love, for your courage, for...

March 16, 2018

Stephen Hawking and the Scientific Evidence for God

Can a scientific theory lead us to God? Join Adam Ericksen as he explores a...

March 14, 2018

Sermon: It Is Hard to Look at the Poisonous Serpent Particularly When He Is Us

If we think of the poisonous serpents as humans in rivalry leading to violence and...

March 13, 2018

Sowing Seeds of Love: My Daughter Wrestles with a Sunday School Parable

We were sitting in a circle, children and teachers, listening to the storyteller before breaking...

March 12, 2018

How Progressive Christians Can Reclaim John 3:16

The following is an interactive sermon I led at Clackamas United Church of Christ, near...

March 07, 2018

Sermon: The Temple Becomes a Person

Jesus is the new temple. Instead of allowing us to believe God is wrathful and...

March 06, 2018

Guns, Racism, and Mimetic Theory: Disarming Fear With Love

Recent developments in the gun control debate make me cautiously hopeful that our nation...

March 06, 2018

“Violence and the Sacred” Facebook Live Book Discussion!

Violence has always been a problem for humanity. How can Girard's book "Violence and the...

March 05, 2018

Jesus, Whistle Blowers, and Anger Management

Blowing the whistle on corruption is motivated by a spirituality that says the world isn't...

March 02, 2018

Black Panther is a Better Story – The RavenCast with Melvin Bray

In this episode of the RavenCast, I talk with Melvin Bray about the hit movie...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

Sermon: Jesus Teaches His Disciples Something Totally New

Jesus, on the other hand, wanted to empty ritual and worship of all violence and...

February 26, 2018

Sermon: Satan, Guns, and the Flow of Divine Love

The leader of the NRA said your greatest God-given freedom is to own a gun....

February 23, 2018

The Gun Debate: Telling the Difference Between a Mob and a Community

Weekly episodes of the RavenCast can be viewed live on the Raven Foundation Facebook page....

February 22, 2018

Jesus At The Border

Editor's Note: As we follow Jesus through the Lenten season, we remember how we expelled him...

February 21, 2018

Jesus Came to be Baptized: The Nonviolence of God

The truth is with the heavens torn apart, a dove descends, not a drone or...

February 19, 2018

Sermon: Swimming through the Flood – Guns, Violence, and US Politics

This is a sermon I preached at Clackamas United Church of Christ, in Milwaukie, Oregon. The...

February 16, 2018

Another Mass Shootings at a School. What My Fellow Girardians Don’t Understand

Another mass shooting at a school. And another round of politicians refusing to do anything...

February 14, 2018

Seven Stories: A Journey Through Scripture From Violence To Forgiveness with Anthony Bartlett

Happy Ash Valentine’s Day! For this Lenten season, I will be following Jesus on...

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