On Saturday, March 1, regional Presbyterians gathered for a series of TED Talk-styled presentations on the question Jesus asked his disciples "Who do you say that I am?" My sermon on March 2 featured my presentation from the previous day, when I offered an experiential...
In last Sunday's sermon, "From Garden to Ghetto to Giants," I discuss what Ken Wilber calls the two major views of human evil and how to overcome it: the recapture-goodness model and the growth-to-goodness model. I then ask which of these is most supported by...
Last Sunday I gave the second part of a two-part sermon, "I Am That." In the first part, I talked about the divine ground of our being, the "I Am," which is not separate from our own consciousness. In the second part, I talk about...
[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] The farther I go down this road of our spiritual development, the more I am convinced that the spiritual life is not so much about who God is as about who I am and who we are and that those...
How do we avoid letting our fears and frustrations control our thoughts and feelings and actions? How do we say "Yes!" to the various wonderful circumstances we encounter each day. To me, that is not a matter of submission to a supernatural entity that controls everything....
[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] A concept that I find in a variety of spiritual traditions, including Christianity, is mysticism. It is the assertion that what we most deeply seek in our spiritual lives is something that is already real and true and has...
At Christ Presbyterian Church, Telluride, we describe ourselves this way: "A progressive, inclusive, evolutionary Christian community that values the unique quality of your spiritual journey toward a more authentic life." To understand what we mean by "evolutionary," please listen to last Sunday's sermon about why evolutionary consciousness is important for...
January 23 to 30, 2014 Visible Planets:Morning:Venus, Mars, Saturn Evening:Mercury, Jupiter I have to admit, I love football. Also that I am a life-long Denver Broncos fan. Good, bad or ugly… I was born and raised in the “Big D” and I grew up on football. My...
[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] These are exciting times at Christ Church. We had almost 500 people attend our two Christmas Eve services last week. I brought to my congregation a short message about the "Cosmic Face of Christ" that seemed to strike a...
[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] During the season of Advent, I have been conducting a sermon series entitled "The Many Faces of Christ." We have talked about the historical face of the human person Jesus of Nazareth, the confessional face of the Christ found...
