There’s a lot of patriotic messaging around our country’s 250th anniversary. One segment of our population has done an excellent job of driving the narrative that those with progressive or liberal views aren’t by definition patriotic. Rev. Bryan will be focusing on how progressive patriotism can involve spiritual and theological reflection AND how to work … Continue reading Progressive Patriotism
Institutional Christianity aside, the legacy of the Easter season continues to offer us vital lessons, including the powerful insight of the process of letting go. Jesus of Nazareth as a historical figure remains very often elusive, since record keeping of that time is quite unlike that of contemporary society. However, despite those limitations, along with … Continue reading The Legacy of Easter
A proposition will be made in this sermon that the first humanist in the United States were people of African descent. They brought with them a philosophy that is rooted in every attempt America has made to envision a more perfect union. We will explore two moments where explicit and implicit humanist constructs informed the … Continue reading HUMANISM IS BLACK
This Sunday, we’ll explore our relationship to our history, and how we can carry traditions forward while still staying adaptive and progressive. How can we integrate our past with our current contexts? How can we be reflective without being blinded by sentimentality? How can we use where we’ve been to help us get to where … Continue reading Owning Your Past
Museums are full of paintings, sculptures, and artifacts supported by devices ensuring that each item is perfectly stable. But what is it about those specific items in a museum that makes them worthy of being held in perpetuity? What makes masterpieces of art and relics of humanity, both ancient and contemporary, so important when outside … Continue reading What do we hold in perpetuity?
