Progressive Faith Sermons - Dr. Roger Ray

The best way to totally misunderstand a good story is to try to take it literally. The bir... more

An undeniable aspect of the current state of affairs in our world is that we have fewer fr... more

In the Marvel Universe, the Norse god, Thor, takes his place alongside of Iron Man and Spi... more

T. S. Eliot may have been painfully prophetic when he described our nation as being hollow... more

Americans are dying from gunshot wounds in America at a rate of about 47,000 per year. Tha... more

Acknowledging that evidence and critical thinking are crucial to a credible faith, the oth... more

How do we know what we know? Philosophy tells us that knowledge can be inherent, deductive... more

We have hot wars in the Ukraine and Gaza. A border skirmish between Thailand and Cambodia,... more

We have always had both priests and prophets but we are quickly growing beyond our need of... more

Beyond the fear of A.I. taking over our nuclear arsenal and attacking us is the very reali... more

230 years ago, in his Age of Reason, Thomas Paine implored his fellow Americans to break f... more

If we follow the norm of never talking about politics or religion in polite company, we be... more

We inherit prejudices from our family of origin as well as the culture around us and in th... more

Our mind can be our worst enemy, the invisible opponent who keeps us from staying in the b... more

For centuries the world's religions have constructed a mental prison in which they try to ... more

Between Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day, let us consider what it is that holds couples toget... more

We have now seen Donald Trump through the first 100 days of his second term and what we ha... more

By the end of the first century of the common era, the message of Jesus the preacher had b... more

Estrangement among family and friends is a sad occurrence which is becoming increasingly c... more

The greatest moral failing of the modern world may be our quiet acceptance of what Dorothy... more

If we ask ourselves what it was about the historical Jesus that inspired the loyal followi... more

The Bible doesn't speak with one point of view nor does it teach a singular message. Relig... more

Realizing that he had made a tragic mistake by ending his engagement to Regine Olsen, the ... more

This week's inauguration of Donald Trump was painful for most if not all of our listeners.... more

If Trump keeps his campaign promise to undertake a mass deportation of undocumented migran... more

We are entering a new year with the single glaring feature of the return of Donald Trump t... more

How Christmas is celebrated has evolved a great deal through the centuries but most of us ... more

A prophet is not someone who predicts the future. A prophet is a person, religious or not,... more

Climate change is not merely a matter of either science or politics. Wealthy people don't ... more

It is not hyperbole to say that our election on Tuesday is probably the most important ele... more