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On the Occasion of Our Nation’s 244th Birthday

Jun 30, 2020   ·  

The United States of America will be 244 years old on Saturday. I ask you, how are we going to celebrate? We cannot waste this moment of righteous anger; we cannot waste the energy that is moving people to protest and to do the work needed to change a status quo that is hurting many— in particular, people of color. More

A Prophet’s Fate

Aug 25, 2019   ·     •   Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 13:10-17

The word for prophet in Hebrew is navi, which means to be called. Therefore, a prophet is not someone who sees or tells the future… A prophet is someone who speaks on behalf of God or of a higher Truth to the people in his or her life, in their context and about their current situation. A prophet’s life is not easy. From the moment he was called by God, and to the end of his career as a prophet, Jeremiah was vituperated, railed against for being unfaithful and even traitorous to the king. He was thrown in jail, and sadly, eventually and, despite it all, proven right! More

Faith Matters

May 26, 2019   ·     •   John 13:31-35

This very incident—that Jesus healed a man on a sabbath, which was forbidden by the law; that the man was then caught by the authorities carrying a mat on a sabbath, which was also forbidden; and that, eventually, the man was able to identify Jesus with said authorities—was the beginning of the end of Jesus’ ministry and of his life as an itinerant healer and teacher. More

Leave Her Alone

Apr 07, 2019   ·     •   John 12:1-8

I’ve been thinking about my dad and about other men whom I have encountered in my life who have supported me, and I hope that other women also think of those men in their lives… men who are willing to let women shine without jealousy or possessiveness, men who truly appreciate women as fellow human beings. More

Aliens Among Us

Feb 03, 2019   ·     •   Luke 4:21-30; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Being an alien is not easy.  When you’re an Alien you are the Other, an Outsider, a Foreigner, a Stranger; in sum, you are one of  THEM and not one of US.  Being the other is scary for the alien but sometimes even scarier for the one who looks at that stranger from the other side. I know, because I have been an alien many times in my life. More