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Persecution and Progress
Kenneth L. Samuel
It's amazing how God uses us in places we never intended to be in.
The Forgiveness Spiral
Molly Baskette
When people hurt and betray us, the shrapnel wound can go layers deep.
Running for Our Lives
Waltrina N. Middleton
As long as children and families are running for their lives, a culture of violence is a faith issue. Jonah wasn't allowed to run away from his calling to Nineveh, and neither can the church.
Commentary: "Coexist"—a response from Matt Fitzgerald
Matt Fitzgerald
As I said, I’m certainly not against different religions co-existing.
"God's Good Pleasure"
Richard L. Floyd
This passage reminds me of those jokes in which someone asks, "I've got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Three Learnings on the Occasion of my 40th Ordination Anniversary
Donna Schaper
I am so glad I never figured out how to color within the lines or paint by numbers.
Like A Breath of Fresh Air
Kenneth L. Samuel
Unity in the midst of wide-spread diversity is the greatest challenge we face in our communities, in our nation and in our world today.
Gather Up the Duct Tape
Talitha Arnold
A sock, a hose, wire, and duct tape. What a great image of the God who, in a UCC Easter prayer, "gathers up the fragments of our lives and creates new possibilities."
Deep Water
Matt Laney
Imagine what Peter, a professional fisherman, thought when carpenter Jesus decided to dispense some free, unsolicited advice on fishing.
Why?
Mary Luti
"I know he suffered for us, in our place. What I want to ask him is why we have to suffer. Why we still have to suffer so much!"