Read the rest of the series … I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) Jesus came to enable us to not only be reconciled to a holy, righteous, and just God, but to enable
Part 3 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. Now there was a woman who had suffered from hemorrhages for years. (Luke 8:43 NRSV) In the Jewish culture at the time of
Reading for the Second Sunday after Epiphany: John 2:3-10 Ancient Jewish weddings were different than modern weddings. People did not fly to Hawaii for a honeymoon. For about a week, the couple had an “open house.”1 During the week, the couple was treated as royalty.
Read the rest of the series Gentle Shepherd Metropolitan Community Church, Phoenix, Ariz. “As time went on, Sniff and Scurry arrived early each morning inspecting the area to see if there had been any changes from the day before. One morning they discovered there was
Every four years the United Methodist Church (UMC) has a general conference where church rules and future plans are established. The UMC has generally been regarded as a more liberal denomination but, at the 2000 conference, it took a strongly conservative stand against homosexuals. Since
Editor: Thank you for [Candace Chellew’s article] A Seal Upon My Heart. This describes my relationship with my life partner and it helps to validate my belief that it is LOVE that matters. Love is the panacea of life for Love is God. I would
Several mainline Christian denominations are worried about gay marriage. Should the church bless a union between adults of the same gender? Can the church bless a union that the government does not recognize? President Bush is also worried about gay marriage. Recently, he responded to
In a speech almost a year ago to U.S. troops, President Bush declared: “The freedom you defend is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world; it is God’s gift to
I’ve only seen the picture twice, for a total of twenty or thirty seconds, but its image burned a permanent path in my brain synapses. There are fresh cuts on the man’s cheek, where someone brutalized him with a sharp object. His face is also
If we are created in his image then why then are we condemned? When I was 18-years-old, I accepted Jesus into my heart and life. God always made me feel loved and accepted by him, even when I decided the “straight life” wasn’t for me,