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Calvary United Church of Christ

A WORD (OR TWO) FROM PASTOR STEVE

When I came to Calvary in 1999, I told the congregation that someday we would stop using paper for newsletters and deliver it by email and by posting it on…
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Daily Thoughts

When Your Baseline is Hate

I have known a lot of really good people over the years. I have also known even more mostly good…

What Isn’t the Church?

I know – an awkward title – but I wanted it to fit with yesterday’s thought. Maybe this should say,…

What is the Church?

I have heard this comment made many times recently, and it has really made me stop and think. Consider this:…

Jesus Loved People More Than Scripture

As I often say, I love the Bible; in fact, I love reading all kinds of Holy Scripture. The Bible…

Banning Books

A couple of years ago our church, in conjunction with Albright College, hosted PRRI founder and author Dr. Robert Jones…

When Misogyny is Your God, Part 2

As I wrote yesterday, I love reading, thinking about, studying, and discussing the Bible. That doesn’t mean I love all…

When Misogyny is Your God

It begins in Scripture – which, as you know, I love very much – when we are taught that God…

When Your God is Success

The prayer of Jabez in a short plea for prosperity in 1 Chronicles 4 that became a sensation 15 years…

When Your God is Power

Growing up where I did and in the little church I did, I had no idea that people like me…

When Your God is Anger

Most people through history have been raised to believe in an angry God. We are taught that “the fear of…

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