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Marcus Borg Marcus Borg died last week. I have been a long time
Marcus Borg Marcus Borg died last week. I have been a long time admirer of this man and am deeply grateful for his spiritual and intellectual legacy....

Religion was part of state-building, and a lot of the violence of
Religion was part of state-building, and a lot of the violence of our world is the violence of the state. Without this violence we wouldn’t have civ...

Christ, Actually Here is the question, finally: Why do
Christ, Actually Here is the question, finally: Why do Christians need to believe in the Incarnation? The point of incarnation language, the Catholic...

The Liturgical Year begins with the First Sunday of Advent, four
The Liturgical Year begins with the First Sunday of Advent, four weeks before Christmas Day, the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a season of ...

For a few years while living in Washington State I would spend a
For a few years while living in Washington State I would spend a day and a night a month in a cottage on the Hood Canal with a few priest friends. We...

Reclaiming the Ancient Practice The term “non-dual” will
Reclaiming the Ancient Practice The term “non-dual” will seem new to Western Judeo-Christians, but for centuries (and even longer in the East), t...

Letting Your Life Speak If I am to let my life speak things I
Letting Your Life Speak If I am to let my life speak things I want to hear, things I would gladly tell others, I must also let it speak things I do n...

Stop Saying the Church is Dying The following is an excerpt
Stop Saying the Church is Dying The following is an excerpt from a sermon by the Rev. Nadia Bolz Weber at a meeting of the Lutheran (Evangelical Luth...