Prayer for Peace
Prayer for Peace Almighty God, all thoughts of truth and peace proceed from you. Kindle in the hearts of all people the true love of peace. Guide with your pure...
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Compassion and Power
This morning we come face to face with one of the greatest miracle stories contained in the bible. This miracle story is the only miracle story that is ...
The Time of Judgement
Last week, we spent time discussing seeds and soil and how both need to be the best they can be to produce the best harvest. Today we turn our attention to the...
History Podcasts
I am an avid podcast junkie. I used to spend hours driving from one place to another on a weekly basis and I was tired of talk radio and commercial radio stati...
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...
The Seeds We Sow
Show of hands, how many of you have ever grown anything in the ground? Okay, so many of you are like me and have, from time to time, planted something in the g...
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...
Sermon: Chosen Journeys
Several years ago I was with a group of people on a trip and the van we were driving needed gas. We were in a place that was unfamiliar to all of us, so we fol...
Some Things I Have Been Reading This Week
Here are just a few things that caught my eye this past week on the blogs. Abraham Lincoln on “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions” ECW Weekender: Ge...