In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 19, Mark 10, and Luke 18), Jesus makes a startling statement that has challenged believers for two millennia: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Whenever we read this, the immediate
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If you’ve hung around some spiritual geeks and seekers like me, read books or articles about progressive Christianity, or watched a few YouTube interviews with your favorite biblical scholars or theologians, you might have encountered the term Deconstruction. This rather recent phenomenon describes the process of dismantling the inherited religious beliefs, dogma and practices you
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Written as an introduction to a new Spanish edition of the New Testament, Sojournersobtained this original English translation (done by Sister Kathleen England), and is introducing this remarkable study to American readers. Juan Mateos, born in Spain in 1917, was a Jesuit scholar of biblical studies and church liturgy, and was teaching at the Oriental Pontifical
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Questions, Conversations, and Community Insights Faith does not always grow through easy answers. Sometimes it deepens when we slow down, ask honest questions, and listen carefully—to Scripture, to evidence, to conscience, and to one another. These reflection guides are designed to help individuals, small groups, and our online community explore questions of faith, science, history,
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Lately, much is being written by scholars, historians and spiritual seekers about ways to elevate the idea of the Divine Feminine and move it from the realm of the strictly esoteric to mainstream theological exploration and study. The discovery in 1945 of a treasure-trove of Gnostic gospels in the town of Nag Hammadi in Upper
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Nearly fifty years ago, when I was eighteen, I encountered a study that changed how I understood Jesus, Scripture, and the purpose of faith. Juan Mateos’s “The Message of Jesus” was one of my first introductions to a way of reading the New Testament that was historically informed, spiritually serious, and willing to question inherited
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A Community Rooted in Peace, Faith, and Purpose You Are Not Alone Today, a quiet weight hangs over many of us—anxiety for the future, daily stressors, and a growing sense of isolation in a divided world. If you feel the crushing exhaustion of constant noise and are searching for a truthful, compassionate, and spiritually grounded
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A Reflection on Faith, Truth, and Division. I completely understand the anger, exhaustion, and deep hurt so many of us are carrying right now. Watching the deepening political division in our country is heartbreaking. But as we navigate these heavy emotions, we have to speak truth with clarity and conscience: what is happening under the
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