It’s taking a bit of effort get back into writing, and I would appreciate any requests for research, elaboration or commentary.
More thoughtful work takes more time, of course. I’m thinking about the tension between “denominational Universalism” (what I do here) and “neo-Universalism” (as I call it) which makes up the bulk of Universalist Christian interest today, and often comes with an Evangelical background. Also working on Christmas worship suitable for singles or couples. Not Universalist per se, but anticipating an unmet need: worship in a time of fracture and decline.
A couple of suggestions:
I’d be interested in any thoughts on what Universalist Christianity can say to secular post/non-Christians, because that’s 99% of the people I interact with! “I don’t believe in hell” isn’t meaningful to them – they don’t believe in hell either… Most of the time if I say that, they hear “I’m not as fervent a believer as other Christians”.
Also, people who come to a Universalist understanding of Christianity from an Evangelical or RC or Orthodox background bring with them their own traditions – how to pray, how to worship etc. But a post/non-Christian person who comes to a Christian Universalist understanding of God doesn’t have an obvious place to start.
All of this from your perspective and your flavour of Universalist Christianity of course – to the extent Universalist Christianity is a single thing, I’m not expecting you to become the Pope of it 🙂
I think these are very good suggestions, and especially for secular people as they’re the larger constituency in these parts, and less often considered.
If I did become the pope of it, I know the tailor in Rome where I’d get my hat.
I think for the tension between the forms of Universalism is well exemplified by this article
https://universalrestoration.org/2024/02/25/suggestions-for-reform-christian-universalist-association/