Women’s Health and Reproductive Justice
Sarah was a sophomore in college when she found out that she was pregnant. This was before Roe v....
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Into the Mystic: Demerger
I am headed to Dresden, Germany this fall. I am invited to speak at the Synod gathering of the...
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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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Commentary: Are You Really Pro-Life?
In “Keep Your Head Up,” the late Tupac Shakur sang:“And since a man can't make oneHe has no...
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Churches as Laboratories of Love and Schools of Democracy
I have frequently thought of churches as laboratories of love—places in which we are constantly...
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Into the Mystic: Music Hath Charms
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. So wrote the British poet and playwright William...
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Commentary: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
In the 1986 cheesy horror flick, The Fly, Geena Davis' character whispers this warning about a...
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Justice Buttons: Donate, Trade, and Collect at General Synod
For years, justice-themed buttons that one can pin on one's shirt, hat, or backpack have been a...
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Into the Mystic: Tune My Heart
There is a hymn I have always loved singing. The title of it is “Come Thou Fount of Every...
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Commentary: 2 B R 0 2 B?
“To be or not to be?” These famous words by William Shakespeare pose an essential question of...
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You’ve Got a Job to Do!
I was speaking with some of my dearest brothers I have in ministry. I was complementing them on...
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Into the Mystic: How My Mother Reminds Me of God
We’ve been stuck for some time in a world where our images of God reinforce a bias towards...
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Thumbprints for Footprints: A Cookie Sale for Planet Earth
For Earth Sunday, Plymouth Church UCC of Shaker Heights, Ohio decided to undertake an activity to...
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Commentary: Fair Trade and Economic Justice
Fair Trade and Economic JusticeMay 11 is World Fair Trade Day, and in many countries around the...
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Into the Mystic: The Spiritual Practice of Earth Care
I spent last week at a gathering of over 500 leaders from across the country, all of us there to...
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Arming the Heavens
22 Professor Joan Johnson-Freese of the Naval War College says we are “arming the heavens.”...
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From Hurricanes to Creation Justice
This past year my congregation went through a process of deepening and enriching our understanding...
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Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls
Sunday, May 5th, will mark the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and...
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Commentary: Are transgender seekers safe in every Open and Affirming congregation? Not yet!
At least 60% of Open and Affirming churches cannot offer “a confident and well-informed...
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JPANet May 2019 Newsletter
Getting to the Root of It We’ve asked UCC advocates to help us unpack the complex justice issues...
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