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I was shocked when I learned about McCarthyism, one of the darkest times in American history. Led by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was tyranny wrapped in the flag; he…

A friend posted this billboard the other day; he saw it as he was driving through Georgia. “Every Tongue Will Confess Jesus is Lord Even the Democrats”. The word “Democrats”…

I have been in my current church in Reading, PA, through 6 or 7 mayors; a dream for an ex-UMC guy, to be honest. Every mayor dealt with issues differently,…

I was born in 1960 – the Supreme Court made school-sponsored prayer illegal in 1962. Do the math – I never had any kind of school prayer forced on me.…

Frank and Edna Howell were long-time members of Andover United Methodist Church (NJ), where I served as pastor from 1986-1990. I met them when Frank was 88 and Edna was…

When I was the Chaplain at Albright College, I tried to have Sunday morning worship for the first semester; it was a total failure. I knew that it would probably…

Last week was the one-year anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Our congregation hosted a prayer vigil on March 6 of last year for the people of Ukraine and Russia,…

In 2007 I attended the 50th anniversary General Synod of the United Church of Christ as a delegate of the Pennsylvania SE Conference of the UCC. This shindig was a…

I was on vacation in Orlando, Florida last week, and decided I need to take a break from sitting in the sun. I went to the hotel’s very nice fitness…