Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham April 10, 2022 Reverend Karen G. Johnston, Guest Minister If I can’t save us then let me feel you happy and safe under my chin. If this will drown or burn then let us drink starlight nap under trees sing on beaches— the morning rush to sit indoors what, again? …
February 23, 2020 The Unitarian Society, East Brunswick, NJ Reverend Karen G. Johnston “…we are, indeed, facing the end of the world. Not the literal end of civilization or the human species, but a transition so profound that on the other side of it, it will seem like we are living in a different world. …
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Part 3 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Given what he wrote in his revelation, I am pretty sure that John of Patmos and I would not be besties. I would not like the author of the Book of Revelation: his theology is not only troubling, it’s violent and …
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Part 2 (You can find Part 1 here.) There are a handful of liberal theologians who are applying an eco-theology lens to the Book of Revelation, stretching to find in the text inspiration for care of the earth, rather than its destruction. I was skeptical of this approach before reading some of this scholarship, but …
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Part 1 The Book of Revelation is the estranged crazy uncle of the Christian Bible. The one who is never invited to family get-togethers, but still somehow shows up. When he does show up, you silently pray not to have to sit next to him at the dinner table, because he smells like sulfur and …
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