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An appeal to Christians in 2013
Dear Fellow Christians, After giving it much thought, I think the message of the Good News is being threatened. Many people are leaving churches and turning their backs on Christianity. Why? Because...
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Sermon: Clean or Unclean? We’re All One.
This sermon was delivered at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Old Blue Rock Road, Cincinnati on June 16, 2013. Luke 7:36-8:3 Galatians 2:11-21 Back in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. said that the 11...
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General Synod Lesson #2 – - Seeing the True Diversity of the UCC
There is no one unified Christianity. (Note: There never has been. See Christian history.) Now, others in the faith believe there is one true belief. There is one way to salvation. There is one way to...
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Proper Pastoral Care and Limiting Laws: the UCC and North Carolina
Let me introduce myself… I am a straight ally who left one denomination for the United Church of Christ (UCC) because of the marriage equality issue. Back in 2005, before I entered the ministry, I felt...
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Never Orphaned – A Memorial Day Prayer
Gerry J. Gilmore [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons U.S.: Army Col. Carolyn Jones prepares to place some rose petals into the reflecting pool at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial’s...
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Being Remembered
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. For just a little while today, the voice of my grandfather lingered here on the earth. Bits of his story were heard. His struggles were...
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Sermon: Clean or Unclean? We’re All One.
This sermon was delivered at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Old Blue Rock Road, Cincinnati on June 16, 2013. Luke 7:36-8:3 Galatians 2:11-21 Back in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. said that the 11...
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General Synod Lesson #2 –– Seeing the True Diversity of the UCC
There is no one unified Christianity. (Note: There never has been. See Christian history.) Now, others in the faith believe there is one true belief. There is one way to salvation. There is one way to...
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An Extrovert in Hell
“Why am I back to my room so early,” I asked myself. “I should be out socializing with someone. I wonder what everyone else is doing? Could it be I should have gone to the one mixer or another?” It...
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A Post-Synod Prayer
God who fits into the spaces that seem too small to exist, The demon of exhaustion has embedded into my soul after the past week. What a gathering of our denomination with its highs and lows!...
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A Labor Day Prayer
God of our coming in and going out: this world which was originally designed by you is beautiful but has spiritually rotated away from your intentions. We have been given the assignment of work, but...
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Cutting Evangelism
A couple of days ago, we got word that my denomination, the United Church of Christ, was going to engage in additional cuts to jobs as they were restructuring departments. It broke our hearts that...
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Be the Church Liturgy – Initial Week
Call to Worship One: Whether in the peak or the valley of our existence, Many: We are the church. One: Whether in the nighttime of our grief or the noontime of our joy, Many: We are the church. One:...
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Protect the Environment: A Liturgy for the “Be The Church Series”
Call to Worship One: Whether we live near mountains or in the plains- Many: We are one in Christ. One: Whether our winters are balmy or our summers are cool- Many: We are one in Christ. One:...
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A Prayer for the Church in Divisive Times
Spirit of God who hovered over the chaos of the forming planet- You created humanity to co-create with you. Yet we still haven’t absorbed that co-creating means absorbing and embracing the messiness...
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