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I was raised in a small United Methodist church that had a number of lay people who preached regularly, which was a good thing, since we never knew from one…

Tonight is our third Lenten Soup Supper and Discussion, and our table conversations have been about some of the difficult sayings of Jesus. We have been using a wonderful guide…

I have been around people who aren’t straight for my whole life – and as I write that, I wonder why we even use that word – it seems offensive…

Hundreds of anonymous reports – because they are afraid of punishment – have been made by members of our armed forces saying that Secretary Hegseth is promoting this Iran War…

If we were to look at American history honestly, we would see that there have been very few times when we have been united. I’m not talking about disagreeing or…

In 1953, the United States overthrew a democratically elected, very popular prime minister – Mohammad Mossadegh – in Iran. (Here is a good synopsis – The 1953 Iran Coup: How…

Acts 17 tells the story of the Apostle Paul going to Athens, Greece, and sharing his understanding of Jesus as the Messiah. The story goes on, telling us that the…

For my entire adult life, I have been having conversations with people who believe that the Bible is without any errors – perfect in every way. I have worked very…

I have been writing and preaching a bit lately about performative religion – the kind that is done for show and not for good. The kind that the readings for…

In the 1980’s and 90’s our Mainline Protestant churches went through what we called the worship wars. They weren’t even skirmishes, but we can tend to be a bit dramatic…