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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,..
BEING MARRIED: THE BODY AS ANCHOR AND CONVERSATION PARTNER
By Charles Bowie
I’ve always been fascinated about an aspect our modes of water transport. Barges, tug boats, submarines, sailboats, rigs all have one thing in common. They all have an anchor that connects to the water and prevents them from drifting aimlessly.
My reflection on these amazing..
CO-CREATING A NEW WAY
By Carolyn Roncolato
My partner and I tried to get pregnant for seven years- seven years of waiting, doctor’s visits, tests, medications, treatments, special diets, etc. I prayed ceaselessly, not so much for a baby as for an answer to what to do. I am a process feminist theologian who on most d..
YELLOWSTONE
by Ann Pederson
About as faithfully as the old geyser spouts off, Gary and I travel almost every summer to my favorite place in the world—Yellowstone Park. I grew up in Bozeman, Montana and Yellowstone was just a drive up the Gallatin Canyon from my house. My parents and I avoided the tourist s..
CARE AND CONNECTION: THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
By Dr. Arlette Poland
Whitehead taught that every becoming occasion or moment is filled with all of the past. For him, when he waxed religious, that past included information from a deity. Some Process Theists argue that the deity is in front of the becoming moment luring it to its best result…
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..