Rev. Peter PlaggeMemorial Day Sunday, 2022 ReadingsGospel of the Nazarenes, Variant to Mt. 19:14-24The other of the rich men said to him "Master, what good thing shall I do and live?" He said to him "Man, perform the law and the prophets." He answered him "I have performed them." He said to him "Go, sell…
Hart's, The Experience of God, Intrigues
After that last post, it seems that I should immediately write another one. I do not want to give the impression that I am learning nothing from reading David Bentley Hart's book, The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss. I am enjoying it. I just have some fundamental disagreements.
Hart and Hartshorne
In our conversation on Wednesday about Hart's The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss, I indicated some uneasiness with his metaphysics. We all wondered if indeed he wasn't setting up his own straw men...
Sermons in Brown Envelopes
I mentioned last week that the Vermont Conference annual meeting at the beginning of June was a success.
One of the successful things about it, from my perspective, was having the Rev. Robin Meyers as a keynote speaker. Meyers has been a clear theological voice over the past decade calling the church to go "underground."
That's a purposefully provocative image. What he means by it is too much to tell today -- but the nutshell is fairly simple to grasp:
Eye of the Beholder Project
On Sunday, April 14th, we began a project we're calling Eye of the Beholder. The basic idea of the project is that all of us have interesting perspectives worth hearing or seeing on any given Sunday morning experience. In the interest of broadening the conversation we'd like to hear or see your "take" on the…