September 2025
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Transcendentalism, Part 1: Introduction
It was the Persian mystic and poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī who said, in the 13th century, “The task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” These words are at once hopeful and sobering. Love is a human potential.…
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Jesus Saves! As I say that, what’s your immediate reaction? Hold on to it, now, as I take you back 500 years ago to the thought of a Polish theologian named Faustus Socinus. He believed it. He believed that Jesus saves. But now lean in and listen carefully. Faustus Socinus believed that Jesus saves but…
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The title of my homily is “The Gospel of Finding Nemo.” I’m using that big theological word, “gospel,” intentionally because a “gospel” is a message that may tell a story about a particular person at a particular place and time, but there’s a story within that story, a deeper story which speaks universally and which…
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Braver Angels is leading the nation’s largest cross-partisan, volunteer-led movement to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic. See https://braverangels.org/. Today’s message was shared with West Shore congregant Joan Clark, who spoke about this organization and our critical need today to have constructive congregations across our social and political differences and disagreements. The…
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