Posts by pwsadmin
God Sees You
Next Monday is Transgender Day of Visibility. It is a day to recognize the accomplishments and right to exist of a community that has, for too long, been the focus…
Read MoreWhat’s Love Got to Do With It?
The wonderful pastoral theologian, Father Richard Rohr, recently posed this question: If our love of God doesn’t directly influence, or even change, how we engage in the issues of our…
Read MoreDoes God Teach Us Lessons? Part 2
Why me, God? I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this cry spoken out loud in the midst of struggle and tragedy. I can’t tell you how…
Read MoreDoes God Teach Us Lessons?
Anyone who knows me knows that I have always loved wrestling. I have done it since I was 14, having competed in college, and then in open tournaments until I…
Read MoreRacism Never Left
Two lines from a show from NPR: “Arlington National Cemetery has removed historical sections about prominent African-American, Hispanic and female veterans from its website.” AND “Pentagon officials have been directed…
Read MoreWhy Can’t We Fix Things?
I was sitting in LOVE park in Philadelphia last night, enjoying the warm air, and as I usually do, I was watching what was happening around me. The many different…
Read MoreHow Do Christians Act?
The United States has never been a Christian nation. We are, in part, founded on religious ideals that are not exclusive to Christianity, and many of our founders and elected…
Read MoreWas James (Jesus’s brother) Woke? Case Study – Rich and Poor
The Book/Letter of James is, in my experience, often neglected by preachers and Bible readers, and that is a shame. Martin Luther didn’t much like it – too much about…
Read MoreWas Paul Woke? Case Study – Love
1 Corinthians 13 is probably the best-known segment of the Apostle Paul’s writing. If you have been to a church wedding, you have probably heard it read: “If I speak…
Read MoreWas Jesus Woke? Case Study – Eunuchs
In Matthew 19 we see a long discussion about divorce, and the disciples wonder if they should even get married at all! Then Jesus says this very strange thing: “But…
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