Update: UCC Responds to Nepal Earthquake
Updated 2/3/2020 It was Nepal's worst earthquake in 80 years, and the toll was devastating. The 7.8...
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In Pursuit of Racial Justice: Reclaiming My Time, Reclaiming My Wage
By Liz S. Alexander and Melanie C. JonesBlack women lose $1 million dollars a year as a result of...
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The Spiritual Leader of Hawaii
It was Palm Sunday, the Sunday school students processed down the long aisle of the church...
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A Ministry to Church and Society
When an immigrant German pastor in the 1850s began a campaign to found a home for children...
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Commentary: In the Face of Water Cannons, a Thanksgiving Appeal
by Traci Blackmon and Brooks BerndtAs a part of our nation's civil religion, Thanksgiving comes...
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Episode 41: Horizons
I spent the morning yesterday in my kayak, navigating the shores of Lake Erie in and around greater...
Read MoreEpisode 40: Respite
I spent this past weekend at La Foret, a church camp in the Black Forest of Colorado. It sits on a...
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Episode 31: Orlando
50 dead and 53 wounded. Orlando. Pulse nightclub.I’m not sure how to process this. The numbers...
Read MoreEpisode 30: Breathe
Do not live in fear, little flock, it has pleased your Creator to give you the kindom.So reads the...
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Episode 25: Elizabth Tilley Howland
While hanging out in Providence, Rhode Island this past weekend, I discovered that Elizabeth Tilley...
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The “Father of Oregon Schools” was a New England Congregationalist
It was October, 1847, when George and Nancy Atkinson, commissioned by the American Home...
Read MoreEpisode 24: Memories of Dad
Its been two months since my father died. Some moments have passed between then and now that bring...
Read MoreEpisode 20: Hands Touch
It seems unlikely to me now, as I sit in my Cleveland office, that just a week ago I was less than...
Read MoreEpisode 19: We Are Present
Over the next couple of weeks, you are going to hear me reflect on some experiences I shared with a...
Read MoreEpisode 15: Dad
Tomorrow morning we will bury my father. It was only a few short days ago that I got a call from my...
Read MoreEpisode 14: Be Thou My Vision
I am a huge Van Morrison fan. I love his blend of Irish folk, Jazz, and rock themes. I love his...
Read MoreEpisode 13: Fear Not
In a moment of prayerful devotion at the opening of a meeting I attended last week, the woman...
Read MoreGeneral Synod overwhelmingly calls for “full marriage equality”
General Synod 25 overwhelmingly passed a resolution in support of equal marriage rights for all...
Read MoreToiletries Donations for Homeless Shelters and Ministries
General Synod 30 Cleveland Convention Center June 26-30, 2015 Please bring your donations of extra...
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