Progressing Spirit

Charting a New Reformation, Part XIII – The Third Thesis: “Original Sin” Pre-Darwinian Mythology: Post Darwinian Nonsense (Continued)

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on March, 17 2016

The perfection of God’s world was described again and again in the text of this Genesis story. We read in Genesis 2 that the world was a fertile garden, …

I love your recent columns introducing your new series on “Charting a New Reformation.” So much of it resonates with me. I am reading Paulo Coelho’s book, …

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The Passing of Greatness

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on January, 1 2014

On December 9, 2013, 65,000 people braved strong rains to gather in the Olympic Soccer Field in South Africa to pay tribute to a man named Nelson Mandela. They were joined by …

I was brought up Pentecostal. Of course, my church believes in “speaking in tongues.” Of course, I hear that an interpreter must be present. Please tell me your thoughts …

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“Think Different – Accept Uncertainty” Part IX: What is the Human Reality Our Ancestors Called Original Sin?

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on April, 26 2012

What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be alive? Why are we constituted the way we are? What was there and what is there …

I would guess that this letter could be, or has been, duplicated in its essence by many who have written to you. Recently, I began reading The Sins …

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Meditation on Turning 80 in London

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on August, 25 2011

I marked the 80^th anniversary of my birth in Green’s Restaurant, Duke Street in London this summer. What I thought was to be a quiet, romantic …

As a cleric, you can’t be expected to understand the technicalities of architecture and engineering, but crashing planes into skyscrapers would never be enough to cause them to …

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Charting a New Reformation, Part XIII – The Third Thesis: “Original Sin” Pre-Darwinian Mythology: Post Darwinian Nonsense (Continued)

I love your recent columns introducing your new series on “Charting a New Reformation.” So much of it resonates with me. I am reading Paulo Coelho’s book, …

The Passing of Greatness

I was brought up Pentecostal. Of course, my church believes in “speaking in tongues.” Of course, I hear that an interpreter must be present. Please tell me your thoughts …

“Think Different – Accept Uncertainty” Part IX: What is the Human Reality Our Ancestors Called Original Sin?

I would guess that this letter could be, or has been, duplicated in its essence by many who have written to you. Recently, I began reading The Sins …

Meditation on Turning 80 in London

As a cleric, you can’t be expected to understand the technicalities of architecture and engineering, but crashing planes into skyscrapers would never be enough to cause them to …

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