War Is Inconceivable
As the world waits to see if a ground war is about to start between Russia and Ukraine, it seems good to give some thought to how we got to this deadl...
Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray
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Sermons from the Community Christian Church of Springfield, MO. We are believers in Jesus Christ who accept all people without judgment and who desire to work and worship as a community striving for social justice.
A Snake Doesn’t Have to Bite You to be a Snake
Jung suggests that the dragon, a mythological beast common to virtually all cultures, is unconsciously an archetype that reflects human potential. Aft...
“Trying to Create Safety”: Reflections on Restorative and Transformative Justice
Despite the insistence on being the “land of the free,” the United States is the global leader in both total number of prisoners and per capita rate o...
“Until Everyone is Safe”: Reimagining Social and Community Well-Being
The world as we know it has been shaped by an approach to development and success that has fueled terrible inequality, catastrophic climate change, an...
Ten Commandments vs the Beatitudes
Fiction author, Kurt Voneggut, once pointed out the hypocrisy of many loud conservative Christians who demanded that the Ten Commandments be displayed...
Sociopathy vs Spirituality
Jesus Seminar founding member, Marcus Borg, first described the message of Jesus as being “radical compassion.” Peer and fellow seminar member, Karen ...
Dr. Roger Ray - Christmas Stories
Ten years ago, when I was still blond and clean shaven, I delivered this sermon in our former church building to try to give an honest and academic ex...
Guess Who Won’t Be At Christmas Dinner
In 1971, in the early days of the “War on Drugs,” then President Nixon appointed a commission to study marijuana and to release their results and poli...
More Than Our Trauma: Healing-Centered Social Change
A familiar image from the Advent season is leveling the mountains so that all "may walk safely." One example of this process in our own times has been...
Open Season on Protestors? (well, except for Jan. 6 rioters)
Stephen Colbert observed that, like most of us, not being a lawyer, it is hard to judge whether 17-year-old, Kyle Rittenhouse, broke any laws when he ...