Steven (Steve) Liechty, Author at United Church of Christ

400 years

I spent this last weekend at a Church in Barnstable Massachusetts that celebrated their 400th...

Breathe Deep

In 1992, a Christian alt rock super-group formed called the Lost Dogs. Their first album was called...

Looking Back

When we think of our journeys, our default mode is to think about where we are going: a forward...

Column

He Pushed us to do the Right

The civil rights movement was sweeping the country and the question for the UCC was not whether to...

Column

A Man Who Helped Us Think Differently about Disabilities

In 1990, when Harold Wilke accepted a pen from President George H. W. Bush at the signing of...

United Church of Christ News

Public Relations Resources for General Minister and President John C. Dorhauer

Resources for congregations publicizing a visit from General Minister and President John C....

Column

Church-Going as a Witness

In 1923, while visiting his childhood home in Vermont, Vice President Calvin Coolidge learned...

Episode 36: Peace on Earth

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Growing up Catholic, this was a prayer I remember...

Episode 35: Service

I am reading through historic documents from our archives. I came across on that was written in...

Episode 34: Retreat

I spent last week in Hawaii. It was a working retreat of sorts – an opportunity to gather with...

Column

Celebrating our German Reformed Tradition

The 1920s was an exciting decade for women. Women could vote. More and more women worked...

Episode 33: Memories

It’s been a little over four months since my Father died. I find myself often lost in mindful...

Episode 32: 1,000 Cranes

1,000 cranes are on their way to Orlando.This is not a commentary on migratory patterns. This is a...

Column

An Abolitionist, Teacher, Journalist, and Attorney

As a child, Mary Ann Shadd [Carey] had seen the face of fear and witnessed the struggles of...

Column

Defending Access to Broadcasting

During the 1960s, the founding director of the UCC’s communication ministry, Everett Parker,...

Episode 29: The Lengthening of Days

Summer is fast approaching.Just a few weeks ago, I was driving to work in the dark wee hours of the...

Episode 27: Privilege

I have been doing workshops, seminars, and classes for the last decade or more on White Privilege....

Episode 26: Everything Is Broken

I have a piece of art that hangs on the wall in my office. It was constructed of broken pottery...

Episode 23: God’s Gifts

Not everyone is as big a sports addict as I am; I know that. I just find it exhilarating to watch...

Column

Pioneering Woman Preacher

In March 1883 Emma Newman, alone in the middle of the prairie, was driving her one-horse buggy...