{"id":567,"date":"2006-08-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/08\/a-home-for-progressive-christi.html"},"modified":"2006-08-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-14T12:00:00","slug":"a-home-for-progressive-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/08\/a-home-for-progressive-christi.html","title":{"rendered":"A Home for Progressive Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/crossleft.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/crossleft.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>This past weekend, I learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossleft.org\/?q=about\/who\" target=\"_new\">a growing group <\/a> of progressive Christians regularly congregate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossleft.org\/?q=node\" target=\"_new\">CrossLeft.org<\/a>. Check it out. <\/p>\n<p>Claiming to take the Bible seriously but not literally, the group has published manifestos about how the religious left can&#8211;culturally and politically&#8211;overtake the Christian right. With free sign-up, you may read the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossleft.org\/?q=wz\/3\/1\/4\" target=\"_new\">webzine<\/a>, and even post your own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossleft.org\/?q=blog\" target=\"_new\">blog items<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I learned that a growing group of progressive Christians regularly congregate at CrossLeft.org. Check it out. Claiming to take the Bible seriously but not literally, the group has published manifestos about how the religious left can&#8211;culturally and politically&#8211;overtake the Christian right. 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