Voices from the Mainline, Progressive and Emerging Church
I was guilty of my own pet peeve a few days ago. I canceled dinner plans with a friend via text message. Living in an iPhone world has made it quite easy and, for better or worse, acceptable to change or cancel the appointments we make with others with little notice. Overbooking, better offers, traffic, [...]
“Why would someone want to think that science and religion are incompatible? I can think of two reasons, both of which are inadequate.” Ted Peters of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences offers our first in a series of responses to the religion-science debate we’ll be posting here at Faith Forward over the next week.
Our newest group blogger Jason Derr offers some rowdy ramblings on the Holy Spirit today: “Of course the Holy Spirit is not a gentleman. The word for Spirit used in the New Testament is feminine; the Holy Spirit is a Lady. Like Wisdom before her Spirit is the place where God becomes Goddess, where God becomes feminine and sexual and seductive. But the Lady – this She of God – is dangerous.”
When we put the gospel to hip hop and host u2charists, when we share the church building with the Korean congregation, when we preach against homophobia, when we break bread with jews and muslims … Guest blogger Monica Coleman adds to the conversation on How the Spirit is Moving in the World today..
We’re all familiar with the dramatic story of Pentecost recounted in Acts 2:2-12, complete with a rush of wind and tongues of fire. That’s a story we can imagine viewing from the sidelines, as spectators. This Pentecost I’m going to focus on the “inside story,” of Pentecost. My question is “what is the Pentecost that is going on in each of our inner lives that finds expression in our communal lives?
“What to Preach on Ascension Day?” Ascension Day is tomorrow! What to say? I like to break mysteries down into who, what, when, and why, not always in that order. The “what” of the Ascension is Jesus’ bodily rising into heaven and being welcomed by God and seated at God’s right hand. In thinking about [...]
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