Spirit Sightings

I do not believe that God is in control, and I think the evidence is clear. I do not believe that our lives are laid out before we are born;…

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Racism (ad nauseum)

From those who see racists lurking around every corner to those who think we are over it, racism seems to be constantly on our minds and in the news. We…

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Original Sin

I wasn’t raised in a church that focused a lot on Original Sin; actually, there wasn’t a lot of talk about sin in general. We were a pretty middle-of-the-road church…

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Monetizing Religion

When I began in the ministry, I was told two lies. The first was that I shouldn’t change anything in the church, including worship, until I had been there a…

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I Know What God Wants

As a kid, I thought about God a lot. That may have been an unusual thing for a kid to do, but God was on my mind constantly. Maybe it…

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Shocked and Appalled

For a couple of years back in the late 80’s I led a week-long junior high retreat at Camp Aldersgate in Northern New Jersey focused on justice and peace. The…

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If God is love, then…

This morning at 8 at Calvary UCC in NW Reading, PA, we will be gathering for the first meeting of what I have loosely termed, The God is Love Initiative.…

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Courtesy

A town near us has a couple of festivals every year and they close the main street so there is no traffic. This means that businesses with parking lots can’t…

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The National Anthem

It was many years ago that I was at a church service and sang, for the first time, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, also called the Black National Anthem. I…

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