by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 4, 2022 | Ambassador, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Emerging Church, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Oprah Winfrey, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Satanic RItual Abuse, Satanism, Satanists, Tolerance, Wicca, Winter/Spring 2016
(Although this was originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal it is a mere precursor to what we see today!) Though I no longer consider myself a Christian, I’m still keeping a space for God in my heart. I didn’t lose my religion. Instead,...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jun 2, 2022 | Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Gnostic, Richard Rohr, Roman Catholic
Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar, is “the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation and academic dean of the CAC’s Living School” in Albuquerque, NM.1The core Faculty of the CAC are Father Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Barbara Holmes, Rev....
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 20, 2022 | Brian McLaren, Christopher Heuertz, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Emerging Church, Enneagram, Evangelicalism, Pastors, Progressives, Redemption, Richard Rohr, Salvation, Suzanne Stabile
All roads that lead to God are good. What matters it, your faith, or mine? Both centre at the goal divine Of love’s eternal Brotherhood. The kindly life in house or street – The life of prayer and mystic rite – The student’s search for truth and light – These paths at...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 11, 2021 | Brian McLaren, Hell, Jehovah's Witnesses, Redemption, Richard Rohr, Rob Bell, Salvation, Scripture, Seventh-Day Adventist, Suffering
Before the first seven notes of the song are finished, nearly everyone knows it is Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash. He first wrote the song in 1955, recorded it in 1957, and included it on a compilation album All Aboard the Blue Train in 1962. The song skyrocketed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 22, 2021 | Abortion, Brian McLaren, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Immorality, Liberalism, Postmodernism, Progressives, Rob Bell
As human beings, we cannot know the heart of another. We certainly do not know someone’s spiritual condition as it relates to the Lord. However, determining whether individual Progressives are Christian is a completely different question than determining if...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 15, 2021 | Brian McLaren, Jesus, Jordan Peterson, Progressives, Rob Bell
Jordan Peterson and the Progressives is not a new rock band. Rather it is a look on the one hand at the question of newly developing faith in the life of Jordan as he progresses toward Jesus – and on the other hand, it looks at young “Christian” Progressives who,...