Volume 1 Issue 7

As the government prepares to plunge our nation into the hell of preemptory war, welcome to an oasis of alternative thought which contends that such is not the only way. Indeed, this website testifies to the glory of the living God who through the resurrected Christ proclaims “the way, and the truth, and the life.” May your time spent here provide a point of light in a sea of darkness.
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Congratulations! to former President Jimmy Carter for being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9 NRSV)
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Make yourself at home and spend some time viewing our various pages, the newest of which is the Bulletin Board dedicated to encouraging theological discussion and debate amongst our GiC participants.
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Harvey Potthoff, longtime professor at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, theorized that to the degree that a society feels that it is losing control will its theology become increasingly irrational. This issue is dedicated to his memory with the hope of promoting a rational, progressive theology that grounds itself in the realization that the intimate relationship with the Divine to which we are all invited restores stability and sanity to a seemingly mad world.
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The sniper shootings of the past week add to the list of reasons that every day of life should be regarded as precious. Our most profound sympathy is extended to the victims’ families and loved ones, and to all those who are being traumatized by the gift turned evil. In so many ways we need to pray with new sincerity and conviction, “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” As in the lines penned by Harry Emerson Fosdick, may God grant us with the wisdom and the courage necessary for the living of these days.
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Until next week…….Shalom!