Posts by pwsadmin
When We Need Something More
Here’s a sentence I never thought I would write – Pete Hegseth is right. Recently, the Secretary of Defense has ordered mandatory testosterone testing for men in the armed forces…
Read MoreHate and Hell
I often admit that some of the teachings of Jesus are very difficult to follow, and humans prove this every day. Like loving one’s enemy or turning the other cheek.…
Read MoreHonest Faith
So, let’s talk about being the church. At Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York – one of the premier black churches in America – there’s a major kerfuffle happening.…
Read MoreWhat Kind of Christian Are You? Part 5 – Spiritual AND Religious
One of the most common complaints against people involved in organized religion is that they don’t DO much. We might have lots of inner-focused activities, but outreach is less of…
Read MoreWhat Kind of Christian Are You? Part 4 – Universalist
First, I want to be clear that I deeply respect my Unitarian Universalist brothers and sisters; the congregations I have been connected to over the years have been full of…
Read MoreWhat Kind Of Christian Are You? Part 3 – Spiritual
Have you ever met someone who made you think, “This person is connected to the Spirit.”? I have met a lot of them, and I always walk away feeling inadequate.…
Read MoreWhat Kind Of Christian Are You? Part 2 – Creedal
I was not raised in a church that did Creeds very often. My little United Methodist Church would occasionally read one of the historic Creeds from our hymnal, but I…
Read MoreWhat Kind Of Christian Are You? Part 1 – Biblical
You can see it proudly displayed on church signs – We Are a Bible Believing Church! If it isn’t in the Bible, they say, it doesn’t matter. Or – The…
Read MoreWhen We Unite, Good Things Can Happen
Our United Church of Christ Pennsylvania SE Conference joined with the three other PA UCC Conferences into one, and we are called Keystone Conference. This past June we had our…
Read MoreToxic Christian Misogyny
Constitution of the United States into a Christian Fundamentalist manifesto that gives voting rights to Christians. A Christian woman who is a single person living alone would, he says, probably…
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