Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings: We have all become like one who is unclean. (Isaiah 63:17-64:1-9) He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. (Luke 17:11-19) Our first song this morning comes from country singer Toby Keith. I Wanna Talk About Me is the
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost: A little sleep, a little slumber… (Proverbs 6:6-11) I went and hid your talent in the ground. (Matthew 25:14-30) Our first song this morning comes from a band formed back in 1967 in San
Three brothers, aged 8, 9, and 11, were going get baptized on the same Sunday to have their sins washed away. The 9-year-old was particularly pensive that day, and when his mother asked him what he was thinking about, he said: “Mom, I want to
With love all things are possible. This epistle comes to you from Philippi. Grace be to you and peace. Spiritual gifts will be delivered unto you within four days of receiving this letter – providing you in turn send it on. This is no joke.
Without a doubt the term “coming out” has different shades of meaning to those in the gay community. For many this step means that they finally “come out” of hiding in the closet of fear and admit their true feelings to themselves and begin to
Background: In August, gay and lesbian people attended a meeting on the repeal of SB 48 – The Fair Education – that mandates inclusion of gays and lesbians in history lessons. They were asked to leave the meeting as the church expressed its desire to
The small Alabama town of Bay Minette has come up with a rather peculiar plan of giving convicted non-violent offenders a choice between incarceration and paying a fine or attending church every week for a year, what some are calling choosing between “lockup and the
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. (Isaiah 3:12) Such statements as the above verse of Scripture show why very few prophets of God ever died in their sleep! Tradition has it that Isaiah
A few years back there was a TV show called “In the Heat of the Night”. It was a spin-off of the movie by the same name. The TV series starred Carroll O’Connor as Chief William O. ‘Bill’ Gillespie and Howard E. Rollins Jr. as
It’s an important point that right-wing propagandists get, but again and again I hear so many of us miss. As a result, our words and actions often fall ineffectively on deaf ears and closed minds. We keep trying to understand how those opposed to human