A Mystery Larger Than Any Answer We Could Ever Know by Rev. John R. Mabry, Ph.D. March 2008 A Homily for Ordination I was raised a Southern Baptist, and as those of you who have heard me preach before know, there’s still a lot about this tradition that I love and embody—like an

No Monopoly on Truth by Rev. John R. Mabry, Ph.D. April 2006 Rev. Dr. John Mabry Homily for a CHI Ordination Last month, I made my first sojourn to Jerusalem. It was an experience that was exactly what I had hoped for, but not at all what I expected. I could

Practicing Interfaith by Rev. John Mabry, Ph.D. September 2014 A Sermon delivered at the CHI Interfaith Community Worship Service, July 2014 Rev. Dr. John Mabry In the writings of sufi poet Najat Ozkaya there is a very curious tale. A merchant was traveling alone through the Sinai wilderness on his way

God, the "Great Underground River" by Rev. John R. Mabry, Ph.D. September 2008 (From the Introduction to God is a Great Underground River: Articles, Essays & Homilies on Interfaith Spirituality, Berkeley, Apocryphile Press, 2006, copyright John R. Mabry, 2008) Rev. Dr. John Mabry When I first began to study religious traditions other