What is Todays Thought?
Every Morning (M-F): Today’s Thought – a 3-minute read about spirituality and life, meant to be prayed about, commented on and shared with others.
Attack on Progress
I Have Palestinian Friends Too
Christian Dis-Unity, Part 2
The Pope and Gender Change
1864 in Arizona
The Pope & Surrogacy
God as Liberator
God’s Welcome is Expansive
Making the Invisible Visible
Good Friday
Daily Thoughts
I Have Palestinian Friends Too
On October 7th the world watched in horror as Israel was the victim of a well-executed terror attack that killed…
Christian Dis-Unity, Part 2
I was in a meeting with a couple of other pastors who serve in the city of Reading, and I…
The Pope and Gender Change
I wrote this past Wednesday about the document that was released on Monday by the Vatican condemning Gestational Surrogacy and…
1864 in Arizona
In 1864 in Arizona, only white male men who were citizens of Mexico (isn’t that interesting?) or the United States…
The Pope & Surrogacy
Back in January, Pope Francis spoke against the practice of Gestational Surrogacy. This is when a woman carries a fetus…
God as Liberator
The image that is attached popped up on my feed this morning, a reminder of the primary task that Jesus…
God’s Welcome is Expansive
Some years ago, the United Church of Christ tried to convince congregations to offer an extravagant welcome. It was a…
Making the Invisible Visible
Back in the late 1980’s I was trained by the United Methodist Church to go around to congregations in our…
Good Friday
For us clergy types (and many committed laypeople), Holy Week is the busiest, most stressful, and easily most emotional week…
Christian Dis-Unity
When I tell people about my religious background, I tell them that my dad was an Atheist, my mom was…