Bloody Mary Bible Brunch

Chalice's friend Kara reflects on her experience at Chalice and whether we live up to our claim to open and affirming, questioning, and generally mission focused.  

Abby and Jim talk about Salvation.  What it means, and what it means to them.  They also reference a graphic available here: http://hackingchristianity.net/2013/03/primer-on-atonement-theories.html

Amateur theologian Jim Barton tries his hand at preaching.  The message discusses the interplay between faith and reason--religion and science.

Abby & Jim tackle the uber popular topic among progressive Christians of sin.  They explore the concept from both an individual and corporate perspective.

Jim & Abby compare stories of the Nativity found in Matthew and Luke and share a little of their own truth.

Jim and Abby tackle the challenges of finding meaning in a legal code that is thousands of years old.

Abby presents the tl;dr version of the Patriarchs.  Then she and Jim discuss try to answer:  What's the deal with sacrificing Isaac?

Abby and Jim discuss why ancient Hebrew creation stories are important to modern Christians.

Jim and Abby introduce themselves and discuss what the Bible means to them, especially what it means to not read Scripture as literal, but to still hold it to be sacred.