UCC Roots July 2020
“The Caroline Mission” Inspired by the work of a German pietist named August H. Francke during...
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UCC Roots June 2020
“Building Bridges, Sustaining a Legacy” As thousands of American pioneers spread West on the...
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“He Focused on Christian Nurture ” Most New England Congregationalists in the 1800s were...
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“Elise Kettler Longed to Tell the Story of Christ’s Love” Zenana missions were an important...
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“Helen Kenyon: A Remarkable Church Leader in Difficult Times ” The shaping of the United...
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Family in Faith Having recently returned from a trip halfway around the world, I want to reflect...
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“She Enriched Understandings of Pastoral Care” It was 1944. At age thirteen she came down with...
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“Philip Schaff: A Christian Committed to Religious Liberty” Most church people do not fully...
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UCC Roots December 2019
“Lourdino Yuzon: A Filipino Leader” In 1521 a Spanish explorer named Magellan visited a group...
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Michael Schlatter: Organized Churches and Cultivated Relationships
On August 6, 1746, an adventurous Swiss pastor arrived in Pennsylvania, eager to serve as a pastor...
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Into the Mystic: Re-Pitching the Tent
I have this uncanny ability to walk into spaces and either feel the presence of the sacred, or...
Read MoreThe World is charged with the grandeur of God
“The World is charged with the grandeur of God.” So wrote Gerard Manley Hopkins on the occasion...
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Podcast: Ash Wendesday “Remember, O mortal, that you are dust and unto dust you shall...
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Pitchers and Catchers Pitchers and catchers report. Those words may not mean a lot to you, but they...
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