We tend to associate science and technology with progress. This Sunday we will consider the possibility that science and technology are serving as an obstacle to our goal of the beloved community. Special attention will be given to the wisdom of the world’s religions as it relates to the role of “intelligence” in public life […]
Our church features an art gallery full of beautiful images featured in exhibitions that change from month to month. As we walk through the gallery we enter into a sanctuary that is mostly bereft of all images. What does this journey through our art gallery to our sanctuary say about the spirituality of the Tennessee […]
Heaven is a Garden: Flower Communion – Rev Chris Buice and Catherine Farmer Loya This year our annual flower communion falls on Easter Sunday. Historian Gary Wills wrote, “The desert culture of Islam sees heaven as a garden perpetually rinsed with purifying water.” The inner courtyard of many Muslim palaces features pools of water, a […]