Twenty-first Century Anchor for Progressive and Contemplative Christianity 10-24-2017

Progressive Christianity celebrates diversity, but there needs to be unity within the diversity. Otherwise, we risk a fractured tradition. Diversity is wonderful. It’s what makes progressive Christianity compelling and vital. Yet, that diversity needs an anchor.

Jesus’ person as understood by The Alexandrian Mystics (Alexandrian Fathers) is our twenty-first century anchor for contemplative and progressive Christianity. The anchor’s rope is long enough to plumb the pluralistic twenty-first century ocean. The anchor’s rope is thick enough to weather postmodern storms.

Jesus according to the Alexandrian Mystics (The Jesus Paradox) is our mystical legacy. It’s our heritage passed down through centuries of clerics, monks, monastic orders, and Oriental Orthodox tradition, dating back to the third century. It is Christianity’s mystic root, which has the power to heal the divide and cure our disintegration!

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