Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day, 2016
THANKSGIVING DAY, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Nearly 400 years ...
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Uninvited to Pray
Well, I guess it has started, I have been uninvited to pray at an event due to my opinions freely expressed on Facebook and other Social Media platforms. I am a...
Max Lucado’s Prediction for November 9th
Pastor Max Lucado has a prediction for what will happen the day after the election in the United States. We are really ready for this presidential election to b...
Christian Values, What are They?
There has been a lot of talk during this presidential election cycle about Christian values. Candidates have talked about their faith more in this election tha...
A Warning to Today’s Religious Leaders
Of all of the things that I learned during my seminary education that has stuck with me is the Eastern Orthodox sense of being responsible for those God placed ...
Church Goers Desire a Quality Sermon
I am not sure how much time each week I spend on sermon preparation. Since moving to the new position at Bethany Congregational Church in Quincy last fall I do...
Ted Cruz and the Non-endorsement
It is no secret that I do not like much of anything that Ted Cruz stands for. I think he is a dangerous theocrat that needs to be stopped. Howev...
Politics and Religion
It has been said that when you mix politics and religion, you get politics. Well, there has been a lot of mixing of the two in this presidential election cycle...
The Image of God and the Present Culture War
In a recent New York Times Op-Ed, David Brooks wrote about the culture war that we have heard so much about during this election cycle. In the piece, he argues...
Common Decency is not so Common
Last week I posted the picture above on my Facebook wall. As one can imagine it sent off a lively discussion about that is right and what is wrong. Most of th...