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God is up to something in the world. Sunday June 9, 2013

“Paul expresses a belief in a God who is up to something, up to something in the world. It’s not about people believing in extraordinary things, but about people being in a…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on June 10, 2013 at 11:47am — No Comments

A new consensus? Not quite yet. Sunday May 26, 2013

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Added by Jerry Brooks on May 26, 2013 at 6:34pm — No Comments

The Spirit is here. You are in It. Sunday May 19th 2013

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“Life can be a journey without fear” Sunday February 24 2013

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Added by Jerry Brooks on February 28, 2013 at 6:35pm — No Comments

“It’s Lent!” Sunday, February 17th, 2013

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May I speak only Truth, and may only Truth be heard by you, in the name of God our Creator, our redeemer, and our…

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Namaste. The Divine in Me recognizes the Divine in You December 24th Christmas Eve

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“Pray and work toward a different future” Advent 3 December 16 2012

“There is no crime greater

than violence against children,

no sorrow greater than that of a parent who has lost a child,

especially in this horrific way, and so young.”…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on December 16, 2012 at 4:49pm — No Comments

“Celebrating Our Generosity” Advent 2 December 9 2012

“We can never escape the bonds of compassion inspired by a Spirit that presents us with the opportunity to be like Jesus, loving our neighbor, feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger, caring for others, respecting the…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on December 12, 2012 at 1:55pm — No Comments

“The good news that was bad news” Pentecost 25 November 18 2012

"The subversive gospel is the good news that was bad news to many in Jesus time, so much so that at the beginning of his preachings they nearly killed him, and at the end of his ministry they succeeded."…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on November 18, 2012 at 6:39pm — No Comments

It’s what we will do! Pentecost 24 November 11 2012

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Poverty climate change gun violence and global warming

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Added by Jerry Brooks on November 13, 2012 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Worshipers, but followers no more. Pentecost 15 September 9 2012

"Followers of Jesus became worshipers of Jesus, and Christianity was changed forever. After Constantine legalized Christianity, the money started pouring in. The church and its bishops and its pastors, became very wealthy. The state cut off…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on November 5, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Following Jesus on “The Way” Pentecost 21 October 21 2012

“In its beginnings, the Christian movement was not about an intellectual assent to a number of propositional statements of correct belief, or a set of religious rules. The way that Christianity began was not as a religion, not as…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on October 29, 2012 at 2:52pm — No Comments

It’s what we Do, not what we Believe. Pentecost 12 August 19 2012

“Instead of endless theological and political arguments, the church must be more concerned with being loving, than with being right…. The defining characteristic of the ‘Beloved Community’ should be its love of justice, and it’s…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on October 27, 2012 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Truth: It's bigger than the Bible. Pentecost 11 August 12 2012

“I choose membership in a progressive spiritual community, with the hope that our doors and our hearts will be open to the fact that Truth is bigger than the Bible or the Church, and that a book of sacred scriptures that cannot face its own limitations cannot…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on October 15, 2012 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The bad news is really good news. Pentecost 10 August 5 2012

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“You don’t have to believe” Pentecost 9 July 29th 2012

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"Strange as it may sound, the renewal of the church must begin right there, with an honest discussion about the Galilean sage whom everyone admires but nobody seems willing to follow,…

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Added by Jerry Brooks on September 30, 2012 at 6:36pm — No Comments