tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post6223260442001211019..comments2023-07-19T18:07:56.603-04:00Comments on Progressive Christian Reflections by Chris Glaser: To Be or Not to BeChris Glaserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-81963947575212885162013-11-27T17:17:44.497-05:002013-11-27T17:17:44.497-05:00"The Summer Day" is found on p 94 of a r..."The Summer Day" is found on p 94 of a recent book Mary Oliver, "New and Selected Poems, Volume One." And for your purposes, "Magellan" (p 238) might also work. Great to see you in October!Chris Glaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-45525998033736065512013-11-27T13:44:50.937-05:002013-11-27T13:44:50.937-05:00And I would appreciate the full Mary Oliver poem f...And I would appreciate the full Mary Oliver poem for a memorial service I'm doing on Saturday. Can you help? Old friends from Wilshire Presbyterian and El Rescate who wandered far afield in the faith realm but accomplished great things. The son who recruited me was from the youth group at Wilshire and is now a Unitarian linguistics professor in Ohio. Think of that! Don Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600930288620021451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-82964978528218849632013-11-27T10:42:29.135-05:002013-11-27T10:42:29.135-05:00Thanks, Chuck, for your reply. The hymn is "O...Thanks, Chuck, for your reply. The hymn is "Once to Every Man and Nation" which I tend to inclusify "Once to Every One and Nation." The words are by James Russell Lowell. All the words are quotable, like "Though her [truth's] portion be the scaffold, And upon the throne be wrong, Yet that scaffold sways the future..."<br /><br />About youth, so many have dropped out of religion altogether and already. Others who stay are often those who need certainty. I believe a progressive Christianity proclaimed from the pulpit might have kept the first group in, and helped the second group deepen their faith and spirituality. It's not too late for the second group and future generations. And many youth who have dropped out are returning in their spiritual quest. Some academics suggest the future of the church is to be found among seminarians--but I would say only if they preach what they've learned in seminary. The gap between pulpit and pew has been too wide in the recent past. Bishop Spong, Marcus Borg, Elaine Pagels, Carter Heyward are but examples of those trying to bring what we learned in seminary to the broader church. Chris Glaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-88949485922489882932013-11-27T06:07:59.778-05:002013-11-27T06:07:59.778-05:00What hymn are those words from? Please?
And tha...What hymn are those words from? Please? <br />And thank you, Chris. Yes. Why when younger did I seem to need "to be" more definite than "either/or". I am wondering how the youth are taking to progressive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com