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Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray

Sermons from the Community Christian Church of Springfield, MO. We are believers in Jesus Christ who accept all people without judgment and who desire to work and worship as a community striving for social justice.

Birth Pangs or Death Throes?

23 mins; December 18, 2022

"Give Up All the Other Worlds": Learning to Hope

19 mins; December 11, 2022

What Does Religion Have to Offer to a World in Crisis?

17 mins; December 04, 2022

Sometimes Family is another 'F' Word

20 mins; November 27, 2022

"A Hard Look": How the US Fails Its Children

21 mins; November 20, 2022

"Even Where We Mean to Mend Her": Transforming Culture in an Age of Catastrophic Climate Change

22 mins; November 13, 2022

True Friendship (only exists among good people)

27 mins; November 06, 2022

The Dangers of Incrementalism (Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic)

17 mins; October 30, 2022

Transforming Contempt into Compassion

21 mins; October 23, 2022

Stepping Out of Line (Without Losing Heart)

16 mins; October 16, 2022

From Coercion to Connection: Nonviolence & Hope

20 mins; October 09, 2022

It's not a conspiracy theory if it is true!

17 mins; October 02, 2022

Creating a Culture of Care

21 mins; September 25, 2022

"Exploitive & Predatory": Debt & Economic Justice

22 mins; September 18, 2022

September 11, 21 years later

25 mins; September 11, 2022

Labor Day "Does Capitalism Depend on Poverty and Hunger?"

18 mins; September 04, 2022

Salvation and Voters' Rights

24 mins; August 28, 2022

When Innocence is Not Enough

18 mins; August 21, 2022

Guns, Race, & Public Health

22 mins; August 14, 2022

From Conspiracy Theories to Reimagining Community

24 mins; August 07, 2022

Philosophy of Religion

18 mins; July 31, 2022

Religion vs Spirituality

17 mins; July 24, 2022

Denial of Cultural Racism is Our Stumbling Block

16 mins; July 17, 2022

We're All Connected

21 mins; July 10, 2022

Government of the People?

54 mins; July 03, 2022

Angles and Demons (how crisis reveals who we really are)

20 mins; June 26, 2022

The Danger of Propaganda (masquerading as free speech)

19 mins; June 19, 2022

"Stop Funding Terrorism" (and save the planet at the same time)

24 mins; June 12, 2022

The Emperor of Ice Cream

17 mins; June 05, 2022

Why Are Mass Murders Uniquely American?

15 mins; May 27, 2022

Regarding Roe v Wade

26 mins; May 22, 2022

"Making Peace in the Moment We Are Alive": Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh

19 mins; May 15, 2022

Mother's Day, the Supreme Court, and the Spectrum of Trust

27 mins; May 08, 2022

"Ain't Scared of Nothing": May Day, Unions, and Economic Justice

17 mins; May 01, 2022

Demythologizing Islam

23 mins; April 24, 2022

Resurrecting Hope

19 mins; April 17, 2022

Demythologizing Religion: Earth-Based Spiritualities & Naturalistic Paganism

24 mins; April 10, 2022

Demythologizing Christianity

19 mins; April 03, 2022

Demythologizing Religion: Hinduism and the Possibility of Pluralism

19 mins; March 27, 2022

Demythologizing Religion: Buddhism & Nonattachment to Views

24 mins; March 20, 2022

Demythologizing Judaism

23 mins; March 13, 2022

Demythologizing Religion

20 mins; March 06, 2022

Black History Month: Less About and More Through

19 mins; February 27, 2022

Reflections on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine by David Ketchum

7 mins; February 26, 2022

Love Your Enemies

20 mins; February 20, 2022

A Wonderful Life Should Not Be Exceptional

19 mins; February 13, 2022

War Is Inconceivable

23 mins; February 06, 2022

A Snake Doesn't Have to Bite You to be a Snake

21 mins; January 30, 2022

"Trying to Create Safety": Reflections on Restorative and Transformative Justice

21 mins; January 23, 2022

"Until Everyone is Safe": Reimagining Social and Community Well-Being

18 mins; January 16, 2022

Ten Commandments vs the Beatitudes

13 mins; January 09, 2022

Sociopathy vs Spirituality

24 mins; January 02, 2022

Dr. Roger Ray - Christmas Stories

15 mins; December 26, 2021

Guess Who Won't Be At Christmas Dinner

26 mins; December 19, 2021

More Than Our Trauma: Healing-Centered Social Change

22 mins; December 12, 2021

Open Season on Protestors? (well, except for Jan. 6 rioters)

18 mins; December 05, 2021

Giving Thanks in a Thankless World

24 mins; November 28, 2021

The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

27 mins; November 21, 2021

"Almost All of the Land in the World is Claimed": The Enduring Violence of Borders

22 mins; November 14, 2021

The Roots of Racism (Missing White Woman Syndrome)

18 mins; November 07, 2021

Halloween, a Holiday of Acceptance and Possibility

20 mins; October 31, 2021

Crisis as Opportunity for Transformation – How A Pandemic Can Help Us

21 mins; October 24, 2021

Domestic Violence & Social Change - David Ketchum

23 mins; October 17, 2021

"One Thing You Lack": The Moral Necessity of Economic Justice - David Ketchum

23 mins; October 10, 2021

My Dietitian: Comedian Bill Maher - Dr. Roger Ray

26 mins; October 03, 2021

Everything Is a Gift - David Ketchum

22 mins; September 26, 2021

Whistleblowers in Prison - because truth is treason in an empire of lies - Dr. Roger Ray

17 mins; September 19, 2021

Twenty (More) Years of Imperial Tragedies - David Ketchum

24 mins; September 12, 2021

An Economic Wakeup Call (Labor Day) - Dr. Roger Ray

16 mins; September 05, 2021

The Threat of Fascism is Real

21 mins; August 29, 2021

Gilgamesh: The problem with Enkidu - Dr. Roger Ray

26 mins; August 22, 2021

Wonders and Horrors

18 mins; August 15, 2021

A Shattered Vision: Residential Schools, Forced Assimilation, and Shifting our Collective Consciousness - David "Katya" Ketchum

23 mins; August 08, 2021

Shedding Light on Residential Schools, Pt 1 - David "Katya" Ketchum

23 mins; August 01, 2021

The Rise in Violent Crime, Gun Violence, and the importance of Police Reform - Dr. Roger Ray

25 mins; July 25, 2021

Does Democracy + Capitalism have to = Corruption? - Dr. Roger Ray

24 mins; July 18, 2021

Is Our Minimum Wage Just Slavery Reimagined? - Dr. Roger Ray

25 mins; July 11, 2021

"A True Civic Education": 1619, 1776, and the Practice of Freedom - David "Katya" Ketchum

27 mins; July 04, 2021

Belief and Faith, Myth and Sacred Narrative

20 mins; June 27, 2021

Living Beyond Religious Guilt, Fear, and Manipulation - Dr. Roger Ray

24 mins; June 20, 2021

Seeing the World Through the Lens of Racial Awareness - Dr. Roger Ray

29 mins; June 13, 2021

Overcoming Religious Trauma - David "Katya" Ketchum

28 mins; June 06, 2021

The Lost Year or Our Year of Losses - Dr. Roger Ray

24 mins; May 30, 2021

Tired of Childhood Poverty Yet? - Dr. Roger Ray

29 mins; May 23, 2021

Religion and Socialism - Dr. Roger Ray

31 mins; May 16, 2021

Some Culture Needs to be Canceled - Dr. Roger Ray

21 mins; May 09, 2021

Our Whole Selves: May Day, Mutual Aid, and Community - David "Katya" Ketchum

26 mins; May 02, 2021

A Progressive Colloquy

6 mins; April 27, 2021

What have we learned? - Dr. Roger Ray

25 mins; April 25, 2021

Black, White, and Blue - Dr. Roger Ray

32 mins; April 18, 2021

I got vaccinated but I still want some of you to stay away - Dr. Roger Ray

27 mins; April 11, 2021

Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Dismantling Supremacy, Claiming Liberation

26 mins; April 04, 2021

I Guess the Devil Did Go Down to Georgia

42 mins; March 28, 2021

The Unforgivable Sin?

27 mins; March 21, 2021

My Brother's Keeper

30 mins; March 14, 2021

A Whip of Cords: Casting Out Injustice and Creating Communities of Care

26 mins; March 07, 2021

All Idols are Slated for Destruction - Feb 28 2021

24 mins; February 28, 2021

Rebuilding America (after Trump)

27 mins; February 21, 2021

Love in the Time of Pandemic

29 mins; February 14, 2021

Beyond Toxic Propaganda: Education, Memory, and a Better Future

28 mins; February 07, 2021

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