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Progressive Christian sermons by Ian Lawton and guest speakers at Christ Community Church including; Bishop John Shelby Spong, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Rev. Jim Burklo, Rev. Jim Adams, Rev. John Churcher, and many more.

 
     
 


Recent Sermons (Sorry for any broken links, we are currently repairing them)

February 7, 2010 - "The Evolution of God"

January 31, 2010 - "Waking Up to a New Earth"

January 24, 2010 - "Knocking on Heaven's Door"

January 17, 2010 - "Reincarnation: A Call to Action in Haiti"

January 10, 2010 - "Soul Plane- Jet Lag of the Unconscious"

January 3, 2010 - "Seeing with New Eyes"

December 24, 2009 - "The Messiah in Your Midst"

December 20, 2009 - "Giving Birth to New Meaning in the Christmas Story"

December 13, 2009 - "Shining New Light on the Christmas Star"

December 6, 2009 - Bishop Spong - "Using the Bible for Transformation, not Victimization"
(No Text) AUDIO | VIDEO

November 29, 2009 - "Breathing New Life into Stale Relationships"

November 26, 2009 - "Gratitude in all Circumstances"

November 22, 2009 - "Finding Peace in the Midst of Despair"

November 15, 2009 - "Love the Hell Out of Each Other"

November 8, 2009 - "You Get What You Give"

November 1, 2009 - "Love Overcomes Fear"

October 25, 2009 - "The Golden Rule"

October 18, 2009 - "Authenticity- Don't Hide Your Light"

October 11, 2009 - "Bluegrass Spirituality- All Are Related"

October 4, 2009 - "The Harmonic Resonance of Thriving Community"

September 27, 2009 - "So Why Are We Here Again?"

September 20, 2009 - "Liberating the Energy"

September 13, 2009 - "Coming Home to Spiritual Community"

September 6, 2009 - "Creatures are our Teachers"

August 30, 2009 - "Baptizing the Sons and Daughters of Life"

August 23, 2009 - "Peace is Good for your Health"

August 16, 2009 - "Mending the Mind, Minding the System"

July 26, 2009 - "No More Second Hand God"

July 19, 2009 - "All Out of Excuses- Don’t Look Back"

July 12, 2009 - "Divine Abundance- Excuses Begone!"

July 5, 2009 - "Trust and National 'Affairs'"

June 28, 2009 - "Theology of Reproductive Choice" (archived below)

June 21, 2009 - "From Diving to Divine Masculine"

June 14, 2009 - "Building Trust in Relationships"

June 7, 2009 - "Trusting Your Inner Wisdom"

May 31, 2009 - "Spiritual Evolution"

May 24, 2009 - "Life and Death in Perspective"

May 17, 2009 - "Sharing a Spiritual Heart"

May 10, 2009 - "Lessons on the Source of Life"

May 3, 2009 - "Global Ecology- How Big is Your Backyard?"

April 26, 2009 - "Ecology- Keeping Perspective"

April 19, 2009 - "Living a Deeper Shade of Green"

April 12, 2009 - "Rising Above Bitterness"

April 5, 2009 - "Putting Your Life Journey into Perspective"

March 29, 2009 - "Filling the Hole in the World with Whole Lives"

Sermon Archive

Sermons are available in text, audio, and video formats.

June 28, 2008 - "Theology of Reproductive Choice" Guest speaker Rev. Madison Shockley

March 22, 2009 - "One Man's Journey to Wholeness" Guest speaker Rev. Bill Lawton

March 15, 2009 - "Spirituality of Brokenness" Guest speaker Rabbi Rami (Audio only)

March 8, 2009 - "Flexible Spirituality: A Fresh Perspective on Lent" C3/CCC's Bob Kleinheksel

March 1, 2009 - "Spirituality: Experiencing Life More Fully"

February 22, 2009 - "Mardi Gras- Celebrating Sacred Sexuality"

February 15, 2009 - "Evolution, Wonder, and an Unseen Order"

February 8, 2009 - "The Wonder of Love Shared"

February 1, 2009 - "Wonderstruck: The Science and Experience of Wonder"

January 25, 2009 - "Unity as Universal Wisdom"

January 18, 2009 - "Spirit in Action: You Can’t Cross the Sea by Staring at the Water"

January 11, 2009 - "You Gotta Have Faith"

January 4, 2009 - "WORD Jazz" Guest speaker Rev Jim Burklo

December 28, 2008 - "How Have We (and Will We Be) Changed?"

December 24, 2008 - "Christmas Elevator Talk"

December 21, 2008 - "Christmas is a Celebration of Genius in Every Person"

December 14, 2008 - "The Birth of Christmas Angels"

December 7, 2008 - "The Birth of The Third Jesus"

November 30, 2008 - "Bringing Christmas Down To Earth"

November 27, 2008 - Thanksgiving - "Gratitude in the Midst of Crisis"

November 23, 2008 - "Imagining a Progressive Revolution"

November 16, 2008 - "The Origins of Progressive Christianity"

November 9, 2008 - "Earning, saving and giving all we can"

November 2, 2008 - "Compassion That Heals The World"

October 26, 2008 - "The Time is Always Now"

October 19, 2008 - Are You Following a Path With Heart?

October 12, 2008 - "Slowing the Pendulum, Practicing Balance"

October 5, 2008 - "Reclaim Your Power: Choose Life"

September 28, 2008 - "Foreclosing on an Ownership Society"

September 21, 2008 - "Stem Cell: A Life Line or Playing God?"

September 14, 2008 - "Reflecting the Image of God"

September 7, 2008 - "Abundance and A New Earth"

August 31, 2008 - "Creatures Are Our Teachers"

August 24, 2008 - "Jesus' Double Blind Prayer Practice"

August 17, 2008 - "Reclaiming Good Religion: Don't Worry, Be Happy"

August 10, 2008 - "Living in a Eucharistic Universe"

August 3, 2008 - "The Heart of Islam"

July 27, 2008 - Eckhart Tolle Meets Jesus Part Three - "Awakening the Artist Within"

J uly 20, 2008 - Eckhart Tolle Meets Jesus Part Two - "Aligning Inner Presence and Outer Purpose"

July 13, 2008 - Eckhart Tolle Meets Jesus Part One - "Deny Your Self to Awaken Your Life's Purpose"

July 6, 2008 - "Patriotism Is Not Enough"

June 29, 2008 - "What Does It Mean to be Spiritual but not Religious?"

June 22, 2008 - The Four Agreements - "Trust Your Instincts, Verify Your Assumptions!"

June 15, 2008 - The Four Agreements - "It's Not All About You!"

June 8, 2008 - The Four Agreements - "Let Your Yes be Yes"

June 1, 2008 - The Four Agreements - "Doing Your Best for the Greater Good"

May 25, 2008 - "The Dying Art of Living"

May 18, 2008 - "The Littlefair Legacy- The Power of Myth for Vision"

May 11, 2008 - "From Tribal Religion to the Universal Christ Path " audio and video only

May 4, 2008 - "The Littlefair Legacy: The Capacity for Mercy"

April 27, 2008 - "The Littlefair Legacy: Progressive Inspiration"

April 20, 2008 - "Reclaiming Kingdom Before it Comes"

April 13, 2008 - "Reclaiming Discipleship Before the Ship Sinks"

A pril 6, 2008 - "Salvation Here, Now... and Then" audio and video only

March 30, 2008 - "Reclaiming Sin Before the Apple Hits the Ground"

March 23, 2008 - "Making Easter Count"

March 16, 2008 - “Making Peace with the Divine Feminine"

March 9, 2008 - "The Divine Feminine - Grounded in Nature"

March 2, 2008 - "Dancing with the Divine Feminine"

February 24, 2008 - "The Science and Spirit of Forgiveness"

February 17, 2008 - “'Placebo Religion: Jagged Little Pill to Swallow"

February 10, 2008 - "Who's Calling the Shots in Your Life?"

February 3, 2008 - “'Progressive Christianity Values Life and Liberty"

January 27, 2008 - "Hinduism and Christianity: A Fine Balance"

January 20, 2008 - "Is Buddhism Progressive? Tibet Your Life It Is"

January 13, 2008 - “Kindred Spirits in Moderate (Progressive) Islam"

January 6, 2008 - “'The Vastness and Richness of Judaism"

December 30, 2007 - "Tis the Season" audio and video only

December 24, 2007 - "Longing for a Christmas Miracle"

December 23, 2007 - “The Power of Dreams for Illumination"

December 16, 2007 - "Prayer as Surrender to the Unknown"

December 9, 2007 - “Follow Your Bliss - Led By a Star"

December 2, 2007 - ”The Mother of All Virgin Births- Seeing with Extraordinary Insight”

November 25, 2007 - “Christianity and Cultural Diversity”

Thanksgiving 2007 - “Giving Thanks for the Good, the Bad and the Surprising"

November 18, 2007- “War, It's Good for Business!"

November 11, 2007 - "Homeland Hospitality"

November 4, 2007 - "Can You be Good Without God?"

October 28, 2007 - “Soulful Sexuality: It's Only Natural"

October 21, 2007 - Special Guest Rabbi Rami Shapiro audio and video only

October 14, 2007 - “The Real Sin is Violent and Inhospitable Treatment"

October 14 Video Extra
- Sean Kosofsky, Triangle Foundation

October 7, 2007 - "Separation of Church and Hate"

September 30, 2007 - "Be the Change - Living the Values"

September 23, 2007 - "Empowering the Poor is True Religion"

September 16, 2007 - "Abundant Sufficiency"

September 9, 2007 - "Peace - Just Do It!"

September 2, 2007 - "Physician Heal Thy System"

August 26, 2007 - "Inner and Outer Ecology in Harmony"

August 19, 2007 - "From Body to World: Loving Ourselves and Seeing the World Anew" audio and video only

August 12, 2007 - "Dancing with Yesterday's Shadows" audio and video only

August 5, 2007 - "Co-Creating Health and Re-Creating Lives"

July 29, 2007 - "Reclaiming Religion"

July 22, 2007 - "Giving God Back!"

July 15, 2007 - "Can You be Happy Without God?"

July 8, 2007 - "You Scratch My Back and I'll Massage Yours"

July 1, 2007 - "The Pursuit of Happiness"

June 24, 2007 - "Going to Hell in a Progressive Handbasket"

June 17, 2007 - "From a Distance: Coming Home to Yourself"

June 10, 2007 - “True Love is Where Two Solitudes Protect and Border and Salute Each Other”

June 3, 2007 - "Expanding Our Circle of Trust"

May 27, 2007 - "Celebrating Commonality, Valuing Variety"

May 20, 2007 - "Dogma Snapping at the Karmic Wheels of Independence"

May 13, 2007 - "Your Mind is Your Own Religion"

May 6, 2007 - "The Ocean Refuses No River"

April 29, 2007 - "Fighting Fire with Fire"

April 22, 2007 - "Transformation in the Face of Tragedy"

April 15, 2007 - "A Breath of Fresh Air"

April 8, 2007 - "Resurrection as Rising Above Fear and Despair"

April 1, 2007 - "Meeting Jesus in Shadow-Land"

March 25, 2007 - "Jesus and Buddha- Kindred Spirits!"

March 18, 2007 - "Jesus Through the Eyes of a Jewish Mystic"

March 11, 2007 - "Jesus Through the Eyes of Rumi, a Sufi Mystic"

March 4, 2007 - "Jesus and Divine Ethics"

February 25, 2007 - "The Evolutionary Journey: Living Free"

February 18, 2007 - "A Time for Play"

February 11, 2007 - "The Human Brain as a Centre for Religion and Science"

January 28,2007 - "How Science and Religion Enhance Each Other"

January 21, 2007 - "God as Self-Realization: The Universe Expressing itself"

January 14, 2007 - "Seeing Life Symbolically"

January 7, 2007 - "A New Heaven and a New Earth for the New Year"

December 17, 2006 - "Apocalypse Now and Then"

December 3, 2006 - "The Advent of Inner Revelations"

November 26, 2006 - "If the Earth Billed us for its Services, Could we Pay?"

November 23, 2006 - "Gratitude for Evolutionary Suffering"

November 19, 2006 - "Working With Your Heart and Soul"

November 12, 2006 - "A Satisfied Mind"

November 5, 2006 - "Social Justice From the Inside Out"

October 29, 2006 - "Life Upon Life: Intimate Connections"

October 22, 2006 - "To Your Own Divine Self Be True"

October 15, 2006 - "Come Out, Come Out Whoever You Are"

October 8, 2006 - "Embracing Your Humanity"

October 1, 2006 - "Embracing All Possibility"

September 24, 2006 - "Nature Mirrors Human Experience"

September 17, 2006 - "Compassion and the God Between"

September 3, 2006 - "How Inclusive Will We Be?"

August 27, 2006 - "The Power Of Imagination for Wisdom"

August 20, 2006 - "Turning the Lights Back On: Accessing the Ever-Present Spirit"

August 13, 2006 - "From Jesus To Christ: What Does It Matter?"

August 6, 2006 - "Your God and Mine"

July 30, 2006 - "Changing the World One Conversation at a Time"

July 23, 2006 - "Transformed by Conversation"

July 16, 2006 - "The Small Inspired Miracles"

July 9, 2006 - "Making Inspired (In Spirit) Decisions"

July 2, 2006 - "We Are What We Eat: The Relation of Food to Life"

June 25, 2006 - "The God Beyond God"

June 18, 2006 - "Knowing God in Second Person"

June 11, 2006 - "This Life Within"

June 4, 2006 - "The Miracle of Truth Beyond Words"

May 28, 2006 - "The Art of Remembering"

May 21, 2006 - "Unleashed in the Spirit of Tradition"

May 14, 2006 - "Honoring Mother Earth"

May 7, 2006 - "Spirituality and the Earth"

April 23, 2006 - "How Deep Is Your Ecology? "

April 16, 2006 - "Cosmic Christ Is Risen In Us Today"

April 9, 2006 - "Triumphant Entry, Triumphant Awakening"

April 2, 2006 - "What Do You Say That I Am: A Jesus Retrospective"

March 26, 2006 - "Jesus The Social Revolutionary"

March 19, 2006 - "Jesus The Religious Skeptic"

March 12, 2006 - "Crucified God: Jesus and Social Liberation"

March 5, 2006 - "Crucified God: Jesus and Personal Liberation"

February 26, 2006 - "A Celebration of Mardi Gras"

February 19, 2006 - "Exploring Progressive Christianity with Bishop John Shelby Spong" sorry, no text. DVD available here

February 12, 2006 - "John Shelby Spong and Christ Community Church"

February 5, 2006 - "John Shelby Spong: His Life and Ministry"

January 29, 2006 - "Spirit and State Were Never Separate: Templars in America, Part 2 "

January 22, 2006 - "Spirituality Before Religion: Templars in America, Part 1"

January 15, 2006 - "Jesus Beyond Religion: A Universal Human Story"

January 1, 2006 - "The Certainty of Uncertainty"

December 25, 2005 - "The Dawn of New Possibilities"


December 18, 2005 - "The Advent Of An Integral Vision"

December 11, 2005 - "The Advent Of Relativism"

November 13, 2005 - "Intentional Community: Where We Are Is In The Middle"

October 30, 2005 - "Sharing the Bread, Cup, Suffering, Joy"

October 16, 2005 - "What Goes Around Comes Around"

October 2, 2005 - "Bible and Sexuality"

September 25, 2005 - "Bible and Gender - A Study In Duality"

September 18, 2005 - "Bible and Ecology- The Whims of Nature"

September 11, 2005 - "Home is Where the Big Heart Is"

September 4, 2005 - "The Art of Transformation in a Progressive Church"

August 14, 2005 - "Seeing with your Inner Eye: Spiritual/Human Instincts"

August 7, 2005 - "Universal Compassion- In The 'Blink' of an Eye"

July 24, 2005 - "Was Jesus An Integral Leader?"

July 17, 2005 - "Unleashing the Leader in All of Us"

July 10, 2005 - "Eucharist: Meals, Meaning and Belonging"

June 19, 2005 - "Baptism in a Progressive Church"

June 12, 2005 - "Done With Dualism: Understanding the Sacrament and the Sacred"

June 5, 2005 - "Awakening - Stages of Development"

May 29, 2005 - "Honoring Loss and Creatively Seeking Peace"

May 15, 2005 - "Making Peace With Life and Death"

May 8, 2005 - "Peace in Honoring Mothers - Honoring Source"

May 1, 2005 - "Creative Conflict"

April 24, 2005 - "Making Peace With the Earth"

April 17, 2005 - "Deep Contentment"

March 20, 2005 - "Vision and Protest - If not now, when?"

March 13, 2005 - "Feminist Theology"

March 6, 2005 - "Does God Play Favorites?"

February 27, 2005 - "Undoing Theology After The Holocaust"

February 20, 2005 - "Empathy In Suffering"

February 13, 2005 - "Reincarnation and Infinite Life"

February 6, 2005 - "Love Comes Out of The Closet"

January 23, 2005 - "Living Buddha Living Christ: A Shared Cosmology"

December 19, 2004 - "The Advent of Justice - Seeing With Christmas Eyes"

December 12, 2004 - "The Advent of Change"

December 5, 2004 - "The Advent of the Present Moment"

November 28, 2004 - "Trusting Life's Cycles"

November 14, 2004 - "East Meets West"

October 31, 2004 - "We Are The Earth!"

October 24, 2004 - "On Marriage, Relationship and Love..."

October 17, 2004 - "Making a Difference Locally and Globally"

October 3, 2004 - "A Spiritual Perspective on Abortion"

September 26, 2004 - "Global Citizenship"

September 19, 2004 - "Invitation to Dance in the Adventure of Life"

September 12, 2004 - "Home is Where You Find A Peaceful Heart"

September 5, 2004 - "Emerging Community For a New Day: Dilemmas and Joys of Ambiguity and Clarity"

August 29, 2004 - "Mindfully Loving And Leaving: A Perspective on Divorce"

August 15, 2004 - "The Physics of Loving: Part 3"

August 1, 2004 - "Mindful Loving:  The Power of Prayer"

July 18, 2004 - "Let's Get Physical!- The Physics of Loving"

July 11, 2004 - "The Paradoxes in Loving and Relating"

July 4, 2004 - "An Aussie Anglican Declares Independence"

June 13, 2004 - "God in the Clouds or Clouded to the God in our Midst"

June 6, 2004 - "Twisted Tongues - The Language of Imperialism"

May 16, 2004 - "An Invitation to Dance in the Adventure of Life"

May 2, 2004 - "Lifting the Lid on Inclusive Church: Richard A. Rhem and Ian Lawton Yarn About Belonging"

April 25, 2004 - "A Couple of Snags Having a Chinwag: Richard A. Rhem and Ian W. Lawton in Conversation About Life and Faith”

April 11, 2004 - "Lifting the Lid: Exciting New Beginnings"

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