A Theologian Passionate about Civil Rights and Justice
Sometimes people think that theology is boring. However, there is a memorable moment in the 1960s...
Read MoreSteven (Steve) Liechty
April 2019
Dear colleagues, Easter Greetings! This newsletter comes to you a week late to celebrate the...
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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...
Read MoreMarch 2019
Many Committees on Ministry struggle with cultivating effective Ecclesiastical Councils, whether...
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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...
Read MoreThe Shallow End
I received a wonderful gift a few months ago. It is the prayer handbook for the United Reform...
Read MoreFebruary 2019
“This individual has a call to spiritual direction and wants to go into private practice – can...
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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...
Read MoreJanuary 2019
How is Lay Ministerial Standing different than licensure? Can we continue to license or commission...
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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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