Bruce Epperly
CategoryJOHN COBB’S GLOBAL SPIRIT
by Bruce Epperly
In my last contribution, I reflected on Bernard Loomer’s vision of “size” or “stature” as the ability to embrace as much of reality as possible, including contrasting positions, without losing your spiritual center. Perhaps no theologian in recent times has been as inclusive a..
BERNARD LOOMER ON SPIRITUAL STATURE
by Bruce Epperly
Over the next few months, I will be reflecting on process thinkers I have known. I will share a few thoughts on women and men who have shaped my understanding of process theology not just by their words but by their lives. Process theology is profoundly embodied. Mind and body,..
Transforming the Time
By Bruce G. Epperly
I Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14
Psalm 111
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-59
Life is full of special moments – your first day at school, graduation from college, falling in love, your wedding day, the birth of a child, the day that God became more than a word to you. L..
The Gift of a New Perspective
By Bruce G. Epperly
Date Delivered: November 4, 200727th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 19:1-10
In one of his songs, Paul Simon portrays the lament of a middle aged, baby boomer:
We work our jobs
Collect our pay
We think we’re gliding down the highway
When, in fact, we..
Spirit–centered Progressives?
By Bruce G. Epperly
Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-21
Romans 8:22-27
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Imagine yourself in those first weeks following the resurrection of Jesus, utterly overwhelmed by the events of Holy Week, the Empty Tomb and the Wounded-Risen Teacher and Savior, and the..
Holy Week – Palm Sunday
By Bruce G. Epperly
Philippians 2:5-11
Luke 19:28-40
We are at edge of adventure….palms are waving…crowds shouting “Hosanna”…. common folks anticipating global and personal transformation. But, at the edges of the crowd, lurk the powers and principalities, the presidents and kin..