Jun 5, 2022 | Biblical Knowledge & Wisdom, Spiritual Growth
So, if the appearance of a serpent in the Garden of Eden is not the presence of Satan, where does the “Evil one,” first show up, and how does this appearance change or not change our view of Satan? Satan, whose designation means “Stumble,” implying a block of stone...
Apr 10, 2022 | Biblical Knowledge & Wisdom, Spiritual Growth
Author: Thomas Chavez When I was a kid of 12 or 13, I was first introduced to the world of Classical Greek Drama. Central to many of those fascinating Tragedies was a concept that I heard explained as a hero’s “Tragic Flaw.” Later on, I heard this idea expressed as...
Feb 21, 2022 | Biblical Knowledge & Wisdom, Local Events, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practice
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...
Nov 6, 2021 | All, Biblical Knowledge & Wisdom, Body & Mind Connections, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practice
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 passages in our Bible is a stirring together...
Nov 6, 2021 | All, Biblical Knowledge & Wisdom, Body & Mind Connections, Equity & Justice, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practice
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...
Sep 13, 2021 | All, Body & Mind Connections, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practice
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...
