Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray
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My Faith Journey
13 mins; December 28, 2025
More than Just a Story
16 mins; December 14, 2025
Holiday Casualty Count
16 mins; November 30, 2025
Lucifer in LA
17 mins; November 16, 2025
The Hallowing of America
18 mins; November 02, 2025
The Republican War on America
21 mins; October 19, 2025
Let the Mystery Be
19 mins; October 05, 2025
How Do We Know What (we think) We Know?
21 mins; September 21, 2025
Just War Theory in 2025
26 mins; September 07, 2025
The After-Church World
16 mins; August 24, 2025
A.I. and the Guaranteed Basic Income
16 mins; August 10, 2025
Reason vs. Religion
20 mins; July 27, 2025
Religion and Politics (Just Be Nice)
23 mins; July 13, 2025
The Long Road Out of Prejudice
18 mins; June 29, 2025
Hateful Self-Talk
18 mins; June 15, 2025
Radicalized by Basic Decency
18 mins; June 01, 2025
Mom, Dad, and the Kids: Staying Together in the 21st Century
22 mins; May 18, 2025
100 Days of Idiocracy
30 mins; May 04, 2025
Ideas are Immortal
16 mins; April 20, 2025
Estrangement Among Family and Friends
19 mins; April 06, 2025
The Great Divorce
24 mins; March 23, 2025
Compassion is the Key
22 mins; March 09, 2025
The Bible vs the Bible
25 mins; February 23, 2025
To Live Without Love is a Mistake
20 mins; February 09, 2025
Four More Years
16 mins; January 26, 2025
The Economics of Immigration
17 mins; January 12, 2025
Once More, Into the Breach
17 mins; December 29, 2024
Jesus: from preacher to God
19 mins; December 15, 2024
Speaking Truth to Power
21 mins; December 01, 2024
Morality and Climate Change
14 mins; November 17, 2024
Voting in an Empire of Lies
16 mins; November 03, 2024
No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
17 mins; October 20, 2024
Gaza One Year Later: The Publicity War
22 mins; October 06, 2024
Misogyny in 2024? Unbelievable!
21 mins; September 22, 2024
The Ten Commandments vs The Beatitudes
20 mins; September 08, 2024
Giving Capitalism a Conscience
28 mins; August 25, 2024
Assisting in Our Own Victimization
23 mins; August 11, 2024
Project 2025 as seen by a Pastor
18 mins; July 28, 2024
Religion and Politics – Natural Bed Fellows
20 mins; July 14, 2024
Liars: Erasing Your Own Soul
26 mins; June 30, 2024
What is a Cult and are You in One?
27 mins; June 16, 2024
Your Jesus, My Jesus, and the Jesus of History
26 mins; June 02, 2024
Faith Without Certainty
25 mins; May 19, 2024
USA at War with Russia and Iran
26 mins; May 05, 2024
Hyperbole, Hysteria, and Hypocrisy
20 mins; April 21, 2024
Why No One in the Bible Accepted Jesus Christ as their Personal Lord and Savior
21 mins; April 07, 2024
The First Easter
33 mins; March 31, 2024
This is Not Normal
18 mins; March 24, 2024
Redemptive Suffering
21 mins; March 10, 2024
How Much Does it Cost Me?
19 mins; February 25, 2024
Fear is the Root of Anger
20 mins; February 11, 2024
God Doesn't Write Books
29 mins; January 28, 2024
What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You (and probably didn't know)
29 mins; January 14, 2024
Time Does Not Exist
26 mins; December 31, 2023
Finding Balance in a World that Demands Action
18 mins; December 17, 2023
"When the Darkness Stares Back"​ (the world on the brink of war)​ ​
18 mins; December 03, 2023
No One Hears the Sound of a Wooden Bell​
19 mins; November 19, 2023
Is Justice Blind Or Just Crazy?
18 mins; November 05, 2023
Israel and Palestine (Migration, Immigration, Colonizing, Occupation)
26 mins; October 22, 2023
Why Support Ukraine's War with Russia?
32 mins; October 08, 2023
Creating Spiritual Community in a Post-Pandemic World
18 mins; September 24, 2023
We Can't All Be Above Average
21 mins; September 10, 2023
(Still) Learning to Tell a Story
22 mins; August 27, 2023
The Limits of Shame
21 mins; August 20, 2023
End of Life Issues
27 mins; August 13, 2023
Facing the Facts of Moral Corruption in Government
18 mins; August 06, 2023
"Our Humble Return": Knowing our Capacities, Boundaries, and Aspirations
17 mins; July 30, 2023
Listening is the first duty of Love
20 mins; July 23, 2023
Empty Promises: From Consumerism to Community
25 mins; July 16, 2023
"Beyond Blaming and Agonizing": Lovingkindness Practice in Ordinary Life
26 mins; July 09, 2023
The Positive Value of Philanthropy
15 mins; July 02, 2023
When Philanthropy Goes Bad
16 mins; June 25, 2023
On Accidentally Getting Old
20 mins; June 18, 2023
"As Wide as the World": Cultivating Wisdom and Compassion in the face of Violence and Coercion
25 mins; June 11, 2023
"Nothing Humane": A Lament and Plea for Rights-Respecting Border Policies
20 mins; June 04, 2023
As You Suspected, It Really is about Race
24 mins; May 28, 2023
"Abundance, Regeneration, and Healing": Permaculture and Spiritual Practice
20 mins; May 21, 2023
In Honor of ​Childless Mothers​
17 mins; May 14, 2023
Quicker to Cut than to Care: The Urgency of Climate Justice
20 mins; May 07, 2023
Compassion is the Foundation of Faith and Civilization
32 mins; April 30, 2023
Who Wants to Be a Good Person?
19 mins; April 23, 2023
Missouri's Anti-Trans Actions and Our Continued Resistance
13 mins; April 21, 2023
What is the Nature of the Mystery otherwise known as God?
28 mins; April 16, 2023
"Life is Longer than Death"
18 mins; April 09, 2023
Judas, An Imaginary Character We Have All Met
19 mins; April 02, 2023
The Plight of the Progressive Church
18 mins; March 26, 2023
Moving a Balloon, Moving a Rock: On Patience & Praxis
16 mins; March 19, 2023
"Don't Say Gay (or Trans)" in Missouri
25 mins; March 12, 2023
It's not left or right, it is right or wrong
22 mins; March 05, 2023
Age and Ageism regarding the Pandemic and Presidents
14 mins; February 26, 2023
Open to Change
20 mins; February 19, 2023
From Mindless Consumption to Grateful Contentment
20 mins; February 12, 2023
"Out of Hand": Tyre Nichols, Police Brutality, and Nonviolence
7 mins; February 06, 2023
The Linchpin of a Chariot: Caring for One Another
16 mins; February 05, 2023
Gun Violence, Trauma, and Wholeness
19 mins; January 29, 2023
Claiming Space, Disrupting Structures: Communities of Resistance & Social Determinants of Health
16 mins; January 22, 2023
Making Friends that Make us Better (Discourse on Happiness 2)
20 mins; January 15, 2023
The Real Questions (Discourse on Happiness 1)
18 mins; January 08, 2023
Janus, the God of Doors and Hallways (Originally Posted January 4, 2015)
19 mins; January 01, 2023
Christmas Now and Then (Originally Posted Dec. 22, 2019)
19 mins; December 25, 2022