A sure signal of the coming spring for baseball fans across the country -- the call that 'pitchers and catchers have reported.' It's a sign, as the Rev John Dorhauer notes in today's podcast, that marks yet another cycle of life, a start to a new season. 

Baseball

The Pentecost story launches a new season for followers of Jesus.  With the help of John's Gospel, we begin to see the potential for followers of Jesus especially coming together as Church - "to do greater works than these (than the works Jesus)"  Jesus is not a superhero, but instead one who shows us how to live into our full potential in God's Love Creation.  We don't need superpowers -- just the reliance on that Love through the Spirit as our Advocate.

16 - 0515 Gods Earthly Vision Sermon

I reached back to what one the greats in Progressive Christianity -- Harry Emerson Fosdick, first Pastor of the famous Riverside Church in NY.  This sermon relied heavily on Fosdick's 1921 Mother's Day sermon "Progressive Christianity."  Consult Micah 6:6-8 and Genesis 11:26-12:3 as you listen to this sermon.  There were a few slides connected to the sermon - Google search pictures of Fosdick, Riverside Church, and the picture that accompanies this sermon.

17-0514 Leaving Haran sermon

Christians can't be impartial when it comes to matters of justice.

Choosing Justice

In this Episode we will be introducing Integral Theology, a topic that will be the basis for ongoing discussion using the model called “Spiral Dyamics”. This is a model being used in many fields such as, business, politics, world relations, finance and even sports to trace the history and evolution of human world views. We will be using Spiral Dynamics in the application of the Biblical Narrative.

Spiral Dynamics and the Biblical Narrative

A talk at Origin Church about inter-religious dialogue.

Room for Everyone

I was honored at a Truthful Tuesday event for my work as a journalist, and was asked to give this talk on journalists being human.

17-0514 Leaving Haran sermon

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