Spiritual Covenant

As a Christian, I am also very concerned on how extremists seem to be
insisting on setting the standards for Christianity as well as spirituality.

http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/

Spiritual Progressives seems to be an interesting site which combines
responsible actions and spirituality.

THE NEW BOTTOM LINE; THE CENTRAL GUIDE POST FOR A PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUAL
POLITICS:
America needs a New Bottom Line, one which judges institutions,
corporations, legislation, social practices, our health care system, our
education system, our legal system, our social policies not only by how
much money or power they generate, but also by how much love and
compassion, kindness and generosity, ethical and ecological sensitivity,
and by how much they nurture within us our capacity to respond to other
human beings as embodiments of the sacred and to respond to the universe
with gratitude, awe and wonder at the grandeur of all that is.

They have an interesting article on evolution and 'intelligent design'
(http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/rabbi_lerner/news_item.2005-08-30.5243536500/)

<quote>/Both scientists and theologians wear self-imposed blinders, but
at least scientists acknowledge their findings are provisional – subject
to change as new information is available. This is less so for
theologians who struggle to shove the square pegs of new discoveries
into the round holes of ancient insights</quote>

On 'Intelligent Design' or perhaps 'not-so-intelligent design'
<quote>//The intelligent design claim parallels this – it presents a God
who has to keep interposing in the process to do mid-course corrections;
what software designers call ‘bug fixes.’</quote>

Is anyone aware of other such forward thinking, spiritual organizations?

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Received on Sat May 20 15:53:44 2006