I am compelled to speak
At least once a week I get a comment on a Facebook or Twitter post saying that as clergy I should not comment on political things as there is a separation of ch...
Tag: News
Prayer is a Verb
So here we are again, another mass shooting and more thoughts and prayers being sent all around. Now don’t get me wrong, thoughts and prayers are good I m...
Another Mass Shooting
Sunday morning, November 5, 2017, started out like any other Sunday in America. People rose, with an extra hour of sleep, and started about their day. I was pu...
The Power to Protest – and Speak Out
By TJ Harper, Associate for Racial Justice for the Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ. Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and...
UCC leaders saddened, angered by DACA elimination
September 05, 2017 Written by Connie Larkman The leaders of the United Church of Christ will continue to stand with and speak out on behalf of more than 800,000...
My Response to the Nashville Statement
On August 29, 2017 a group of Evangelical Christians (you know the ones who voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump) calling themselves the Council on Biblical Ma...
Talking to Children About Tragedies & Other News Events
I have been asked by a few folks how they should be, or if they should be, talking with their children about tragic events such as Chancellorsville and Barcelon...
To my friends and family who support Donald Trump
It has taken me a long time to write these words to you. You have been taking a lot of heat these last few months, and for that, I am truly sorry....
UCC Pastoral Letter condemns racist violence in Charlottesville, demands equality for all
August 15, 2017 As a response to the violent clashes between white supremacists and counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., that left a woman dead and 19...
Anger is the Opiate of the Masses
The title of this post is a paraphrase, if you will, of the famous quote by Karl Marx “Religion is the opium of the people.” Marx is ...