Crossing the Religion/State Line

NPR recently reported that, “Since 1954, a provision in the tax code called the Johnson Amendment says that churches and other nonprofit organizations could lose their tax-exempt status if they…

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The Last Judgment

Two fundamentalists walked into Pride, seeking to save us sinners from our lost-ness. They were young and polite, well-groomed and well-trained, and they decided to stop and try to save…

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God’s Hierarchy

One of the most highly contested resolutions at General Synod – and the only one that was voted down – was to change the UCC leadership model. It would have…

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What’s Your Terroir?

Over the last 10 years I have been able to do a little wine tasting, and one of the words I have become acquainted with is “terroir.” It comes from…

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God is Not in Control

The idea that God has a plan for each person’s life, or that God is in control of all that happens, is, to me, the greatest fallacy of Christian theology.…

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Patriotism

When my wife and I decided to attend the No Kings rally in Reading last month, she suggested we bring an American flag and hold it up for the people…

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