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Pastoral Missive Sent to My Congregation on October 19th
I wrote this missive at the beginning of the crisis in Gaza, but only sent it to my little congregation. Seems important, as we continue to see devastation in Gaza, to speak this publicly. Dear friends- When I started seminary at Pacific School of Religion in 1995, I took a class called The Bible and…
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Advent Musings–Dec. 5th
Dear friends— Gray, gray go away, come again some other day! No really, I mean it…go away! I don’t know about you, but the Michigan gray is getting to me this week. It is cold, wet, dark, gloomy (and has been since last Wednesday!) and this is the time of year when I find myself…
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Advent Musings–Dec. 3rd
Dear friends— After the worship service this morning, one of our members said to me, in response to my sermon, that Advent has an edge to it. Yes! I love that way of articulating Advent…it is edgy. I don’t know where American Christianity got this idea that Advent was supposed to be picturesque and quaint…
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Advent musings–Dec. 1st
Dear friends— Welp, here in Michigan, December has ushered itself into our lives in a truly gray, wet, and cold way! This is the gloomiest kind of day, and it feels far, far from Christmas festive. Somehow, to me at least, it feels right. The world does not feel festive right now, or if there…
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Black History Month: Uplifting Black Women’s Voices
Day 11 bell hooks…enough said.
The Unsilent Church 