http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org see. pray. act. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:49:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en July 21, 2008Memo to those offended by the recent New Yorker cover portraying Barack Obama in Muslim garb and Michelle as a machine gun-toting revolutionary: A sense of humor is a terrible thing to waste. (These days, the following disclaimer seems necessary: * Yes, that was a parody of the old United ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/07/23/blunder-cover/ Is the environmental movement too fixated on terrorizing the public with apocalyptic scenarios? It's a question one might hear from apologists for Big Oil and other political ostriches who will deny that human influence on climate change is a clear and present danger until Lower Manhattan is under water. On ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/07/17/wheres-god-in-wall-e/ Healing Waters: A Journey to the RiverJuly 13 2-5 PM Please join us and our friends at the Sierra Club for a special afternoon of meditation, hiking, and enjoying the unique wild areas that surround us. We'll explore the San Gabriel River and learn about the status of our wild mountains ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/07/02/july-13-healing-waters/ June 8-10 Torture Is A Moral Issue: Dr. George Hunsinger, Founder of the National Religious Coalition Against TortureWhat kind of people have we become? This question, asked by Dr. George Hunsinger, Presbyterian minister and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, led him to found the National Religious Coalition Against Torture. ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/05/30/torture-as-a-moral-issue-what-kind-of-people-have-we-become/ There are so many simple, basic human connections that all people experience, that we all have in common as living, breathing peoples and cultures: Laughing over a funny joke or a goofy impersonation. Laughing from our heart and from our stomach. Walking somewhere with someone else. Playing games, whether soccer, ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/05/15/our-common-humanity/ We're learning more and more about the ways in which our eating habits impact the natural world and contribute to global warming -- check out the LA Times this morning! -- but the connections between food, spirituality, planet care, and economic justice go even farther. Join PCU and our ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/04/22/whats-food-got-to-do-with-it-spirituality-and-justice-of-food-april-26th/ I am sure that others besides me remember the extreme weirdness of a 1300-page USA Patriot Act that had already been drafted and thoroughly honed to gut the United States Constitution well BEFORE the attacks of September 11, 2001. I remember this period all too well, even as I recall the ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/03/31/the-fix-is-in-hank-paulson-blesses-the-casino-economy/ From Ray McGovern, with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC. He was an Army intelligence officer before joining the CIA where he had a 27-year career as an analyst. He is now on the Steering Group of Veteran ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/02/08/waterboarders-for-god/ January 17-20, 2008 In 1908 Social Gospel pioneer Walter Rauschenbusch rocked the nation with a powerful treatise he called "Christianity and the Social Crisis." The crisis then was  marked by falling wages and worsening conditions for working people, unrestrained greed at the top, child poverty, lack of access to health care, ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/01/14/21st-century-christianity-and-the-new-social-crisis/ Published in the San Luis Obispo Tribune News, New Year's Day 2008. One hundred years ago—in 1908—Baptist minister and Social Gospel pioneer Walter Rauschenbusch rocked the conscience of the nation with a book called Christianity and the Social Crisis. Rauschenbusch was part of a larger movement within the church that took ... http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/2008/01/02/on-the-religious-horizon-a-welcome-renewed-focus-on-compassion-and-justice/