Maria Gwyn McDowell
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Towards Good News
In Paul’s response, we recognize how incomplete our efforts to love others are. We live in a world where sometimes there seems to be no perfectly good choice. In the slave girl, we recognize what it is like to be… Continue reading
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God’s Presence in God’s Country
When I watched God’s Country I was not horrified at them, I was horrified that my faith, my religion, my God, could be twisted to ends that seemed to me to be at cross purposes with my vision for the… Continue reading
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The Unending Conversation: A Grown Up God
Perhaps deification is a way to think about this, an O/orthodox metaphor that enables us to live into the humble realization that both individually and corporately we are growing into God, and that we need a grown up theology to… Continue reading
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The Unending Conversation: From Horizon to Horizon
Imagine for a moment, hearing Diana Butler Bass argue that the 19th century American Transcendental movement, abiding in that disconcerting space between Orthodox Calvinism with its emphasis on Creeds & Piety, and Rational Unitarianism with its emphasis on Reason &… Continue reading
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The Unending Conversation: Is the problem sex or violence?
This weekend Trinity Episcopal Cathedral is hosting “The Unending Conversation: Progressive Christian Apologetics for the Twenty-First Century.” The intent is to “celebrate the legacy of Trinity’s Canon Theologian, Dr. Marcus J. Borg, and consider the impact of his writing and… Continue reading
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Defend Your Flock! Please.
An email was recently sent to a number of LGBTQ Orthodox, threatening to “out” gay and lesbian Orthodox, regardless of whether they are in an intimate and sexually active relationship. These “Protectors of Holy Orthodoxy” also threatened to seek out… Continue reading
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Dancing with God: A Sermon on Trinity Sunday
A sermon delivered at All Saints Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon. This icon is traditionally entitled “The Hospitality of Abraham.” It depicts the visit of three angels to Abraham and Sarah. Abraham was resting in the heat of the day, likely… Continue reading
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Grant Peace to Your Church
Recently my life seems full of grief. This is to be expected during Lent, a season characterized by “sorrowful joy.” My grief though, has its roots in a profound sense of loss: the ecclesial home that I have loved, still love,… Continue reading
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Memory Eternal: Marcus Borg
More than understanding his work, I wanted to understand the love for him and by him that is so tangible among those who heard him speak, who attended his classes. When someone says, “this person helped me reclaim my faith,”… Continue reading
