Northaven United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas Reading for the Second Sunday in Lent and Trinity Sunday: John 3:1-17 In case you haven’t figured it out, there is something advertisers know about us. There is something that the sellers of consumer goods know about us. There
I hope you can answer my feelings I have. Two weeks ago my boyfriend moved away and I didn’t want to go with him because he said I needed to get a job, and I can’t work because I’m too afraid of being around people.
I am having problems with my lover because when I am talking to my sister, he often wants me to say hello to her for him. I usually keep talking to her and I don’t let her know that he said hello. My family has
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-29 This sermon though was not an easy one to write. I usually can write a sermon in a day – two at the longest, but this one took about three days. It reminded me
Little Leroy came into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner. His birthday was coming up and he thought this was a good time to tell his mother what he wanted. “Mom, I want a bike for my birthday.” Little Leroy was a bit
1. Dear God, please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now. Amanda 2. Dear God, Thank you for the baby brother but what I asked for was a puppy. I never asked for anything before. You can look
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. (Psalm 89:14 NIV) The passage of the 11 anti-gay initiatives has alarmed me and stirred up within my heart a continuing alertness to what God is doing in us, through
Part 8 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. In the countryside close by there were shepherds. (Luke 2:8 New Jerusalem Bible) Whether as small figurines in a home nativity scene or
I have recollections of cross-dressing from age five. Virtually every reference was derogatory so it seemed best to hide the truth. I attempted to submerge my feelings and drive them out of my life but those efforts failed and the secret became unbearably heavy. In
News release SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — On November 19, 2004, the Presbytery of the Redwoods in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the regional governing body of the 2.1 million member denomination, filed a disciplinary charge against the Reverend Dr. Jane Adams Spahr, Minister Director of That