Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for Resurrection Sunday: The wolf and the lamb shall feed together. (Isaiah 65:17-25) Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. (Luke 24:1-12) Jon Bon Jovi is a native of Sayerville,
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C., March 27, 2010 Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C., March 28, 2010 Readings for Palm Sunday: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. (Psalm 118:19-29) If these were silent, the stones would shout out.
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent: Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding… (Psalm 32) This son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32) Back in
Several persons who had worked in health care professions, having died, were lined up for (hopefully) entrance through the Pearly Gates into heaven, awaiting St. Peter’s ‘gatekeeping’ questions. “And what area of health care were you involved with?” he asked the first. “I worked in
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Editor: I am often in the position of defending homosexuality among my Christian peers. I always wonder why? Why do they see a difference and why do they feel compelled to use Jesus to back them up on their fear and hate? Why are they
Compared to twentieth-first-century believers, early Christians wrote surprisingly little about homosexuality. While some Christian writers of the first three centuries appear to condemn all forms of homosexual behavior, most commented on only specific aspects of it, such as intercourse with minors. No author of this
Sexually intact and emotionally healthy people really don’t care what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own homes! And sexually intact and emotionally healthy people don’t in any way demean Gay people or seek to deprive Gay people of civil rights that accrue
Matthew 5:44 “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” Just as Jesus perceived blessings where the world saw persecutions, he understood that our victory over the
Lauren Ashley, self-proclaimed Miss Beverly Hills, now rejected by Hills officials, is drawing more media attention as an oracle than anyone else since another would-be Beauty Queen, Carrie Prejean, spoke. Both commented on homosexuality. We news-scanners find issues connected with it to be the most