A Pastor of Immigrants and an Advocate for Missions
In 1962, when Ardmore United Church of Christ in Lanham, MD changed its name to St. Paul United...
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Two United Church of Christ national officers elected Monday morning in Milwaukee
The United Church of Christ reelected its General Minister and President and elected a new...
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Rev. Jonathan Fisher: A Frontier Minister who made a Difference
In 1762, a handful of New Englanders settled in what eventually became Blue Hill, Maine, a...
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A Theologian Passionate about Civil Rights and Justice
Sometimes people think that theology is boring. However, there is a memorable moment in the 1960s...
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Into the Mystic: A Collage of Easter Memories
Easter has always lived in my memory as the single greatest day on the liturgical calendar. From my...
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Resurrecting Hope: An Easter Message
I walk through the world, opening myself up to the daily vagaries of life’s unanticipated joy and...
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Into the Mystic: The Agony And The Ecstasy
The First novel I ever read was Irving Stone’s The Agony and the Ecstasy. It was a fictional...
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Discovering the Sacred
This past Sunday, I went back to the church I served for eight years. It was their 150th...
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The First President of the United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ came into existence in 1957. For its first four years, leaders from...
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UCC Leaders: Mourning the massacre in New Zealand
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and...
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New Insights about Antoinette Brown Blackwell
The United Church of Christ honors the life of Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825-1921). In 1853...
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An Open Letter to the United Methodist Church
The United Church of Christ, an Open and Affirming Communion of the Body of Christ, practices a...
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I received a wonderful gift a few months ago. It is the prayer handbook for the United Reform...
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In the Bleak Midwinter
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan. Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone.I have...
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What I Take for Granted
I’ve been living with some pain for the last fourteen days. At times, this flare up of arthritis...
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Lemuel Haynes: Recognized in Vermont in 2018
He was an illegitimate child in Puritan New England. His mother was a white servant girl and...
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Beauty without Utility
There is a Latin phrase: ars gratia artis. It means art for the sake of art. Sometimes, we are...
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Jonathan Edwards: A Theological Grandparent
Congregational settlers in colonial New England fled Europe in the 1600s seeking religious freedom....
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