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President's Corner

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July 2008

Check back here for monthly President's notes, book picks, special articles, music suggestions, and ponderings.

Upcoming workshops: To have TCPC President, Fred Plumer, lead a workshop in your area, please email TCPC at center@tcpc.org.

My latest thoughts: Changing the World, One Child at a Time

Book of the month: Calm and Compassionate Children, Susan Usha Dermond. Review

Music of the month: Ashana , Jewels of Silence. Samples

Quote: "This is the miracle of creation, which in every second is one thing: life and death joined in an eternal dance. It would be a catastrophe to exclude death form the dance. That would guarantee a universe with no chance for renewal. Fortunately creation was not set up that way. We live in an endlessly re-created universe. On the other side of our fears and doubts, our deepest prayer should not be for life-which we have in abundance. It should be a prayer to lead a cosmic dance, for then the angels and the gods themselves will have someone to follow." Deepak Chopra, Life After Death (pg 249)

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Do You Want to Change the World?

kids around earth Are you one of those special people who want to help change the way our children view the world? Are you someone who wants to help our children understand that we are one in our goodliness not our sinfulness? Are you one of 500 people who would like to help us give our children hope in humanity?

TCPC is looking for a few special caring, thoughtful, and courageous people to help us create a new Progressive Christian Sunday School Curriculum for our children.

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Evolving Faith

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Bruce Sanguin, a leading voice in the emerging field of evolutionary spirituality and progressive Christianity, was interviewed by Elizabeth Diebold for What Is Enlightenment (EnlightenNext) magazine. Click here for the link to the podcast.

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Progressives and Obama: The Clash of Narratives

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By now, across the progressive spectrum, some familiar storylines tell us the meaning of the Obama campaign. In a groove, each narrative digs its truths. But whether those particular truths are the most important at this historical moment is another story.

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Misunderstood Megachurches

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These goliaths have become all the rage in recent years, largely seen as political engines chugging along for conservative Republicans. Yet research shows that's not the case. High profile incidents distort the reality of the role of politics in a majority of America's megachurches. My national research and experiences with these very large churches since the late 1980s tell a very different story. The research data refute a number of myths that are prominent in society's perception of political activity in megachurches.

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Where Jews and Arabs get along

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Oasis of Peace, Israel - In Israel, there is a village where Arabs and Jews live as neighbors. Both groups endeavor to create a just society that can be a model for peace in the region. Though the town's name, Oasis of Peace, gives the impression that it's some sort of magical, idealistic utopia, the people living there are challenged daily and deeply by the reality of an intractable, painful, and violent conflict. Like anything worth attaining, peace comes with hard work.

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Faith Based Groups Look for Unified Fights Against Effects of HIV

"Many in the community of infected people are angry with religious groups because of their intolerance to prevention methods," said Rev. Heath, an Anglican priest in the Diocese of Johannesburg, South Africa. "I'm here to try and bridge that gap. HIV sufferers have a lot to teach religious groups because they know their needs. Meanwhile, faith-based groups are still some of the biggest sources of health care in the world," said Rev. Heath.

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A War of Self-Destruction

by Chris Hedges, Author. An attack on Iran, which Israeli and Bush administration officials appear set to carry out if Iranian uranium enrichment is not halted, would ignite a regional war in the Middle East and lead to economic collapse and political upheaval in the United States.

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Leaders Aim to Build Jewish-Latino Relations

LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Randy Brown visited Hispanic Pentecostal congregations in Southern California, he was stunned by displays of Star-of-David flags, fervent prayers for peace in Israel and Hebrew words in their church names.

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Events

Marcus Borg's Lecture Schedule
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Forum on Religion and Ecology 2008 Events
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Tex Mix: Stories of Earthy Mysticism
Aug 24, 2008: Countryside Community United Church of Christ
Omaha, NE
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Thank God for Evolution
Sep 7, 2008: FPC Elizabethton
Elizabethton , TN
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Jesus Seminar on the Road
Sep 12, 2008: First Presbyterian Church
Elizabethton, TN
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Richard Rohr- Lecture and Workshop
Sep 12, 2008: The Center for Spiritual Development/Trinity Cath
Portland, OR
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Christian and Buddhist Roadmaps to the Same Place
Sep 12, 2008: Trinity Episcopal Church
Houston, TX
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A New Look at Old Scripture in Two Sessions - Hal Taussig
Sep 26, 2008: Shades Valley Lutheran Church
Birmingham, AL
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The Death of Jesus: Destiny or Disaster?
Sep 27, 2008: Silverside Church
North Wilmington, DE
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Decoding the Myths and Meanings of Troublesome Words in the Bible
Oct 2, 2008: St. James Episcopal Church
San Francisco, CA
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From Literal to Literary: Toward and Intelligble Read of the Bible
Oct 4, 2008: First Prebyterian Church of San Rafael
San Rafael, CA
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A Progressive Approach to World Communion
Oct 5, 2008: 1st United Methodist Church of Napa
Napa, CA
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Living Tomorrow Today
Oct 19, 2008: Mount Vernon UMC
Baltimore, MD
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National Forgiveness Day Power Of Forgiveness Rallies
Oct 25, 2008: Churches & Communities In The United States
Liberty Center, OH
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The Emerging Christian Faith: What Is It, and Why Should We Care?
Nov 1, 2008: Countryside Community United Church of Christ
Omaha, NE
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Conference of Emerging and Experienced Leaders in The Progressive Christian Faith Movement
Nov 14, 2008: Dunrovin Retreat Center
Minneapolis, MN
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In the Library

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Do You Want to Change the World?
Are you one of those special people who want to help change the way our children view the world? Are you someone who wants to help our children understand that we are one in our goodliness not our sinfulness? Are you one of 500 people who...
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Changing the World, One Child At A Time
By Fred Plumer
This undertaking has been a journey of faith for me. So many positive things have already happened because of it, that it has occurred to me that the curriculum project may be one of the most important things TCPC has ever taken on. It may...
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Description of TCPC Progressive Christian Children's Curriculum
The intent is to provide a three year curriculum that is age appropriate and easy for the teachers (often volunteers) to use. The curriculum will be designed to nurture healthy and rewarding relationships in our children and to help them discover...
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Calm and Compassionate Children
By Susan Usha Dermond
Using her expertise and experience as an educator, yoga and meditation practitioner, and 30 years of working with children, Dermond brought so many new and profound tools to the table that I at once felt compelled to adopt within my own life....
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Ashana- Music
With a voice that sounds like it was touched by an angel and musical arrangements that strike an equal balance between heavenly and holistic, Ashana is an artist like no other. Her music reaches you on an emotional level, welling up feelings...
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Soul Sunday
Because my husband is Jewish, and I, Christian, we have a special need to explain both our faiths and to help our children develop their own personal identities. One day we hope they are able to find answers to spiritual questions and create...
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The First Liberal, A secular look at Jesus' socio-political ideas and how they became the basis of Modern Liberalism
By Dennis Martin Altman
This book traces the development of the Liberal tradition that began with "Love Thy Neighbor". Although pronouncements attributed to Jesus are the philosophical building blocks of this progression, the book does not deal with the...
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Myth-Busting the Christian Right
By Terri Murray
The Christian right's pundits present this set of abstract concepts - moral "values," sanctity of life, and Christianity - as their core values. Over and over again they have successfully framed complex issues as oppositions between...
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Jesus: The Way That is Open to Other Ways
By Paul Knitter
I am one of those Christians whose faith has been uncomfortably challenged by a reality that has been with us since the dawning of humanity but has become even clearer and more pressing over the last century: that there are many ways to be...
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The 8 Point Miracle
By Michel Hollan
A Reformed Catholic priest relates the historic and emotionally charged Mass that was held in his parish on Pluralism Sunday, 2008 as well as how the 8 points have helped his church be more inclusive, loving and unifying....
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Progressive Christianity Values Life and Liberty
By Ian Lawton
Briefly this morning I want to explore a progressive Christian notion of God, the Bible, and the after life.  I often speak about God within, between and beyond. I want to re-visit that idea for a few moments. Within you, resides the...
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