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October 4, 2011

The Inevitability of the Rise of Progressive Christianity

The world is rapidly changing. And as surely as one day follows the next, Christian theology, as it always has (slavery, anyone?), will change right along with it. As our world grows smaller, our Christianity will grow larger, broader, more inclusive.

January 27, 2011

Technological Fundamentalism

The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico shows how seriously bad things happen when humans play God. Our technology has outstripped our ability to manage the world we've created.

If humans were smart, we would bet on our ignorance.

That advice comes early in the Hebrew Bible. Adam and Eve’s banishment in chapters two and three of Genesis can be read as a warning that hubris is our tragic flaw. In the garden, God told them they could eat freely of every tree but the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This need not be understood as a command that people must stay stupid, but only that we resist the temptation to believe that we are godlike and can competently manipulate the complexity of the world.

November 16, 2010

Transportation this way ...

A roadside sign directs invited guests to shuttle transportation for the Bush Center groundbreaking.