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Journey of the Universe, Friday, April 26, 11:30-1:30
An Epic Story of Cosmic, Earth, and Human Transformation. Through beautiful photography and rigorous science this 56-minute film portrays a new universe story from the origins of life to the role humans now play. The film is narrated by noted cosmologist Brian Swimme. See Movie trailer here. Those attending will have the opportunity to discuss the film and the thoughtful vision and applications it offers. “Weaving modern...
Read MoreEvolutionary Christianity with Bruce Sanguin, January 13, 2013, 6:00 pm
Everything and everybody is involved in a sacred, evolutionary process, including the Christian faith. What might it look like for a church to consciously embrace and celebrate the “blessed unrest” that is coursing through us as a work of Spirit? We have more questions than answers at this point, and that’s part of the adventure. Bruce Sanguin understands evolution as a divine strategy for making a world that can...
Read MoreReligious Extremism in the Military: Dangers and Implications with Mikey Weinstein, Sunday, November 11, 2:00 PM
Mikey Weinstein, retired U.S. Air Force officer, author, attorney, activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the Founder and President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. He was the Americans United for Separation of Church and State’s “Person of the Year 2011″. Read an interview with Weinstein here. Following the program, please join Mr. Weinstein for no-host Meet-N-Greet dinner and drinks....
Read MoreThe Future of the Church: Exploring What’s Wrong; Dreaming What’s Possible. Nov. 16-17
David Kinnaman, author of UnChristian and You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are Leaving Church…And Rethinking Faith, will join local leaders for a conversation around why a growing number of young people (and older people) are distancing themselves from our churches and what can be done about it. If you are looking for the latest trend in church marketing, this is not for you. But if you are looking for a highly...
Read MoreElaine Pagels on What Revelation Reveals
From the Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2012. The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions—dreams and nightmares, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, plagues and war. In the climactic battle scene, Jesus appears as a divine warrior, Satan is thrown into a pit, and all humans who had died faithful to God reign over...
Read MoreThe New Atheists are Christians
I remember when it was easy for me to identify a label for myself in the Christian arena. In fact up until about 5 or 6 years ago, I had no trouble at all describing my niche as Conservative-Non-Denominational-Evangelical-Charismatic…aka: the apex of evangelicalism. Branding my belief was an important step in being able to draw a clear philosophical and theological line in the proverbial sand. Today, it’s way more...
Read MoreBishop John Shelby Spong Comments
The Roman Catholic Bishops: Are They Killing Their Church? I never thought I would live long enough to see birth control become a major political issue. Nor did I think I would ever hear the desire to provide women with safe and effective contraception be referred to as “a war on religion on the part of the Obama administration.” Granted that presidential election years frequently reveal the politically bizarre, it still seems that...
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