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Heresy, Part 2 – Monsters Among Us
There was a recent article about a town in Ohio where a school budget was voted down because a Yes vote would have made the district allow transgender youth the…
Read MoreHeresy
I will begin by saying that I have been called a heretic many times over the years for some of the views I hold about Scripture. For example, I do…
Read MoreA Safety Net, not a Hammock
I said this – “People need a safety net, not a hammock” – to a group of friends in Seminary in the early 1980’s, and you would have thought I…
Read MoreThe Law
I’m doing something today that I have never done before; I am giving the invocation/grace at the Berks County Law Day Lunch. I could start with any number of jokes…
Read MoreBeing Used
I realized fairly early on in my professional ministry that most of the people who came to me to get married in the church I served were using me. I…
Read MoreLittle Acts of Kindness
The other day I finally got to get out on my motorcycle and had to stop at the bank drive-through to cash a small check. The total was $54.99, so…
Read MoreWho Did Jesus Love?
About a year ago I was approached by a person who works at a local hospital that cares for people struggling with mental illness and addiction. I was somewhat familiar…
Read MoreThe Clergy and Politics
As a clergy person who is often accused of being “too political”, I am treading carefully today. My response to those accusations is that I am political like Jesus was…
Read MoreBe the Church
I grew up listening to the music of Avery & Marsh in my little church. Their music was considered “contemporary”; a pretty rad thing at the time. It also helped…
Read MoreIllegitimate Children
There is no such thing as an illegitimate child. Let’s get that out of the way. And please don’t try to whatever-splain to me what the term means; I know…
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