Ideas
Ideas is PSR's compendium of stories, sermons, and articles originated by faculty, staff, and students at Pacific School of Religion. Find content in print, audio, and video formats by searching for author, topic, title, or date.
Recent Videos
Recent Audio Clips
- March 2, 2010
Ambassador Warren Clark, now executive director of Churches for a Middle East Peace, spoke at PSR Chapel on March 2. MDiv student Jeff Crews convened and introduced the speaker.
- February 9, 2010
GTU Doctoral Student Richetta Amen delivers the sermon "Prayer and Dangerous Memory": In what ways are the practices of remembering and prayer dangerous? How do they inspire our imaginations towards critique, healing and transformation?
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- February 2, 2010
Chapel celebrating the beginning of the Spring 2010 Semester & African American History Month.
D. Mark Wilson, preaching
Pastor, Tapestry Ministries in Berkeley & Campus Pastor, PSR
Recent Articles
- July 31, 2009
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Recent Transcripts
- September 15, 2009
Preaching on the parable of the Unjust Steward, Dean Mary Ann Tolbert says: "Over and over again in most of the serious decisions we must make throughout our lives, we often face, not a right way and a wrong way, but instead an array of bad alternatives. Life is not simple; it is deeply, inherently colored by a profound ambiguity." Hear sermon audio.
- September 8, 2009
President Bill McKinney leads the opening chapel of the 2009-2010 school year, welcoming and updating new and returning students and offering reflections on Mark 8:27-38.
- May 24, 2009
Rabbi Lerner's Tikkun magazine published his address at PSR's 2009 commencement with this introduction: One of America’s most respected theological training institutions, the Pacific School of Religion, the largest and most famous of the schools that constitute the Graduate Theological Union, invited Rabbi Michael Lerner to deliver the Commencement Address on May 24. PSR trains ministers primarily for the United Church of Christ and the Methodists, though other Christian denominations often find themselves influenced by the graduates of PSR. This is the written version of the talk that Rabbi Lerner delivered (he received a standing ovation from the over 800 people in attendance after delivering this talk).
The complete transcript of Rabbi Lerner's address follows. You can listen to the audio online.
Progressive Christian Witness
Progressive Christian Witness was a 2006 initiative of Pacific School of Religion, designed to bring voices of progressive Christianity to churches nationwide. Articles are formatted in pdf format for easy reproduction and distribution.
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