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I was in a meeting with a couple of other pastors who serve in the city of Reading, and I asked them if they had been part of what was…

I wrote this past Wednesday about the document that was released on Monday by the Vatican condemning Gestational Surrogacy and Gender Change (among other topics). Today I want to consider…

In 1864 in Arizona, only white male men who were citizens of Mexico (isn’t that interesting?) or the United States who had lived in that territory for 6 months could…

Back in January, Pope Francis spoke against the practice of Gestational Surrogacy. This is when a woman carries a fetus of someone else’s making. There are roughly 1300 of these…

The image that is attached popped up on my feed this morning, a reminder of the primary task that Jesus took on – liberation. God’s initial work – and it…

Some years ago, the United Church of Christ tried to convince congregations to offer an extravagant welcome. It was a follow-up to the “God is Still Speaking” message that was,…

Back in the late 1980’s I was trained by the United Methodist Church to go around to congregations in our conference and lead them through a workshop that would help…

For us clergy types (and many committed laypeople), Holy Week is the busiest, most stressful, and easily most emotional week of the year. I have always thought that if we…

When I tell people about my religious background, I tell them that my dad was an Atheist, my mom was a ticked off Catholic, and I became a United Methodist…

Last week I asked if there was a war against religion in America. I think there is, in some areas of the larger culture, but I wrote that Christianity isn’t…