Witness for Justice

A move is afoot in certain sectors of our society to put a permanent muffler on a special interest...

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm...

We are a country whose citizens pledge "liberty and justice for all" and whose government is to be...

"Anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do...

There is a story we have told ourselves as a nation. It is the story of who America is, and it...

Since the election of President Trump, the United Church of Christ has collectively engaged in an...

A number of President Trump's nominees to key positions in his Administration seem like odd...

I love the biblical story of the Exodus for both its literal and psychological representations of...

Climate change is real. Human population growth is real. Resource depletion is real. What do we do...

By all accounts, tens of thousands of people - possibly hundreds of thousands, - will be in...

In this, the season of Epiphany, we honor the journey of the Magi to the Christ child. The Epiphany...

The United Church of Christ has a new prophetic calling in our new political reality. After a...

This has been a dark season for many. Every time I look at a screen (and they are everywhere - in...

In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your...

Psalm 24:1 "The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for...

"Who is on the LORD's side? Let him come unto me" (Exodus 32:26)During my growing up years kickball...

Our country recently went through a "down to the wire, death match" between two long-suffering...

I have lost count of the number of times I have heard people express their eagerness for the end of...

Amidst the flurry of news reports about political candidates, hurricanes, and baseball play-offs,...

I admit that over the past few months, I have swung drastically between hysteria and malaise in...