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I know of no Biblical scholars who believe in the concept of hell or a place of punishment after we die. Nor do most progressive clergy feel that way. This and more in our Free Weekly Recap of our most viewed and new resources from last week.
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Does it matter which religion you pick? Is there a Hell?

Q&A with Fred Plumer

I have said for decades that it does not matter which religion you chose, but rather, to ask: “Does this religion open up the world to me more, or does it close it for me?”

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The Beauty Trap

James Burklo

If you see beauty all around you, every day, in everyday things – if you look for that beauty and bask in it and enjoy it, you will become a reflection of it.

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On Myths and Facts

Brett Myers

Preoccupation with facts turns people into literalists rather than those who use their mytho-poetic imaginations to understand the greater complexity of sacred passages and their suggestive power to help us create meaning and purpose to our lives.

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Open Tables

Our table is open to everyone because Jesus’ table fellowship was open to everyone.” Those words, or something like them, are part of many progressive churches’ celebration of communion. To follow what Jesus himself said and did, rather than what was said about him later, is at the heart of progressive Christianity.

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