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Salt

Salt is one of those things we don't think of much, yet it is essential in so many ways. Too ...
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The New McCarthyism?

I was shocked when I learned about McCarthyism, one of the darkest times in American history. Led by Wisconsin Senator ...
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More Mean Christians

A friend posted this billboard the other day; he saw it as he was driving through Georgia. "Every Tongue Will ...
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Prayer in the Schools, Part 2

I have been in my current church in Reading, PA, through 6 or 7 mayors; a dream for an ex-UMC ...
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Prayer in Schools (Ad Nauseum)

I was born in 1960 - the Supreme Court made school-sponsored prayer illegal in 1962. Do the math - I ...
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A Little Story about Frank & Edna

Frank and Edna Howell were long-time members of Andover United Methodist Church (NJ), where I served as pastor from 1986-1990. ...
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You are Welcome Here

When I was the Chaplain at Albright College, I tried to have Sunday morning worship for the first semester; it ...
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One Year of Hell

Last week was the one-year anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine. Our congregation hosted a prayer vigil on March 6 ...
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Spiritual Malnutrition

In 2007 I attended the 50th anniversary General Synod of the United Church of Christ as a delegate of the ...
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Not My Circus

I was on vacation in Orlando, Florida last week, and decided I need to take a break from sitting in ...
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