We Will Continue to Save Ourselves Until Others Show Up
I spent last night, like many other nights over the last number of years, ministering with a loved...
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Treading Water
In advanced swimming lessons and in lifeguard training, many years ago, treading water was my...
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Virginia UCC joins indigenous community in response to COVID-19 pandemic
Members of a Virginia church community are reaching out to family and friends in their home country...
Read MoreFrom the UCC Board: Key Action Items, October 2019
Greetings from the United Church of Christ Board. We have just concluded our first meeting of this...
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Commentary: Supporting our Schools
On September 11, the national staff of the United Church of Christ participated in a day of...
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The Earth Shall Mourn – Just Peace Sunday 2019
On Sunday September 15th, many of our churches will observe Just Peace Sunday. The theme for 2019,...
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UCC network helps Nicaraguan to freedom
u Rihana Fernanda, a 21-year-old transgender woman, fled Nicaragua after being attacked by...
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General Synod advocates rally for immigrants, protest threatened ICE raids
More than 500 delegates and visitors to the United Church of Christ General Synod took to the...
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Immigrant family broken in random ICE raid
Betty Rendón was serving as a student pastor at Emaus Evangelical Lutheran Church in Racine, Wis.,...
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What it means to be a refugee
Alex Awad, Palestinian American, became a refugee at age two, in 1948. “I cannot go back home,”...
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Commentary: 2 B R 0 2 B?
“To be or not to be?” These famous words by William Shakespeare pose an essential question of...
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Commentary: Building Relationships Not Walls
Recently I had a political conversation with a friend in which we discussed the border wall....
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Farming in the Space Age
In 2015, the UCC General Synod passed a resolution on Responsible Stewardship of the Outer Space...
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A Just Peace Call to Address Root Causes of Immigration
September 16th, many United Church of Christ congregations will mark “Just Peace” Sunday under...
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Time for NASA to Take Out the Trash
When General Synod approved a resolution in 2015 calling on church members to address the space...
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The World that Could Be: Militarism and Our National Priorities
Our nation has been at war for 17 years. Yet, most days, we live, act, and vote as if we are not....
Read MoreDead Fish and Dead Satellites: Becoming a Space Age Environmentalist
When I was a boy, I worried about dead fish and polluted rivers. I still worry about fish kills,...
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A Pastoral Letter on Sexual Misconduct
“Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and the Lord will hear my...
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Vatican Calls for Responsible Stewardship of the Outer Space Environment
In 2015, the UCC General Synod passed a resolution on Responsible Stewardship of the Outer Space...
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Commentary: Justice work means working with the most vulnerable
When we think of justice advocacy, we often think actions such as writing letters to congress,...
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