Nov 23, 2009 | church, justice, news, women
There is much at stake for those who care to give testimony to a Church that genuinely loves all persons and cares for those who are marginalized, a Body of Christ that radically welcomes rather than radically excludes. From The Washington Post: More anti-gay,...
Nov 17, 2009 | Advent, church, ministry
Recently an acquaintance who knows that I’m a minister asked a casual question (or was it?) that caught me entirely off guard: “How’s the God business?”I looked at her for a moment, then chuckled and said, “It’s good.” At the...
Oct 22, 2009 | church, justice
I hope that you have already seen and read the article that follows, that it is circulating far and wide for Christians–indeed, for all people–to affirm and to uphold in our religious bodies and in the public sphere. Here is Bishop John Shelby...
Sep 28, 2009 | church, faith, racism
A preacher’s sermons are inevitably informed by experience—her own experiences, the experiences of congregants or others she knows, as well as communal/global experiences. So it is no surprise that my sermon on 9/27 had “Beloved” as its...
Sep 12, 2009 | church, ministry, news, women
(fair warning: feminist diatribe ahead) A pastor from a nearby congregation recently stopped by my church office, unplanned, unannounced, to introduce himself and talk “shop.” Our church administrative assistant showed him upstairs to my office, and I...
