Lebanese pastor elected president of World Communion of Reformed Churches
By Amy Eckert “Here I stand, a Middle Eastern woman in the Pulpit of Luther.” So began the sermon delivered by Rev. Najla Kassab at the General Council worship ...
Author: Fr. Peter
Disciples of Christ elect first woman of color to lead a mainline denomination
Despite all the talk of mainline decline, Teresa Hord Owens, the first woman of color to lead a mainline denomination, is not in survival mode. “The life that w...
Sermon: Chosen Journeys
Several years ago I was with a group of people on a trip and the van we were driving needed gas. We were in a place that was unfamiliar to all of us, so we fol...
Some Things I Have Been Reading This Week
Here are just a few things that caught my eye this past week on the blogs. Abraham Lincoln on “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions” ECW Weekender: Ge...
America, a Christian Nation? What Does that Mean?
I am fascinated by the assumption that America was founded as a Christian nation. Sure, many of the “founders” were Christian, Protestant Christian mind you, b...
Sermon: Holy Welcome
This weekend, delegates from all around the country have descended upon Baltimore, Maryland for the General Synod of the United Church of Christ. General Synod...
The Patriotism of Political Criticism
It is no secret that President Trump loves to lash out at his political opponents on Twitter. His childish, early morning Twitter rants are legendary and make ...
The Bible in Public Schools
On Thursday, June 29, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed into law HB 128, An Act Relating to Bible Literacy Courses in the Public Schools. Here is the text of...
UUA Elects First Woman President
(RNS) An Arizona pastor and immigrant advocate has been elected as the first woman president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. The election of the Rev....
A House Divided
On June 16, 1858 more than 1,000 delegates met in the Springfield, Illinois, statehouse for the Republican State Convention. Lincoln’s friends thought th...