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...
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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 ...
What should be done about Confederate monuments at National Parks?
Nothing. Historian Kevin Levin has a thought provoking essay on his blog Civil War Memory, about monuments to Confederates located in National Parks. Levin mak...
Statement Calling for Immediate Cessation of Hostile Acts and Rhetoric Between USA and North Korea
“And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Harmagedon.” Revelation 16:16, NRSV The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA cal...
When the Faithful Turn on You
I was once told that if you were going to be in pastoral ministry you were going to need thick skin, I learned that lesson the hard way and it appears Eugene Pe...
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 ...
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...
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...