Inspiration Blog
What if ‘True’ Christianity Is More Than We Have Ever Known?
By: Thomas Chavez, Heather Dennis & Julie Gorham “We don’t want anybody telling us what to do, what to think, or what to believe!” This was the first thing out of anyone’s mouth at the inaugural gathering of what was to become Christ the Healer, United Church of...
Do We Know What Is Real?
Long ago, I spent a couple of weeks getting to know a brilliant professional theologian who had already written an entire shelf of books, while letting him get to know me. This was of vital importance at the time because I was proposing to marry his daughter. The one...
Science, the Bible, and Truth Part 2
We Don’t Need to Change the Story, Just Change Our Eyes as We Read. The entire point of this two-part blog post, of which this is the second half, comes down to this one statement: What we find when we each read and ponder...
Science, the Bible, and Truth Part 1
The setup - issue – so-called problem One of the most valuable insights that repeatedly arises for us in the fields of psychology, philosophy, sociology, meta-position studies of theology, and communications theory that we find being explained through recent...
Different by Design
How and why Christ the Healer UCC is different than the Church you met before. Just a week or two gone by, not long after the take over of Afghanistan, there was a radio interview with an MIT professor who had devoted his life to the study of politics behind war and...
The Original Purpose of the Christian Movement (Continued)
Part B. Why we at CtH seem so different - The Denominations By Thomas Chavez It is rushed to my attention that by talking about how all of our many denominations tend to identify the main channel of Christian understanding with their own place in an ever-widening...
The Original Purpose of the Christian Movement
Part A. Why we at CtH seem so different By Thomas Chavez Over the course of twenty centuries, Christian teaching, for the most part, no matter which specific church or denomination you talk about, has sought to maintain a consistent image. Wanting 5to present a...
June Event
We have impromptu events from time to time that may not be part of our monthly offerings, but they offer just as much value. Summer Solstice Event Sunday, June 20th 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT - Open Activities 5:00 - 6:00 pm PDT - Dinner Come celebrate light, love, and...
New Brain Science
New Reading - What we are learning are sharing together Join the conversation, and learn about the latest in brain science, through this short video with excerpts from the book Whole Brain Living by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Neuroscientist. https://youtu.be/PYDGWb-4JT8 ...
Wesak Annual Progress Report
Wesak Progress Report As Humanity Evolves and our Kin-dom of Heaven Project Since 1997, CtH UCC has engaged in an annual Wesak ceremony. Wesak (Vesak) is a holiday traditionally observed mostly by Buddhists. CtH offers an annual meditation too. This an esoteric...