Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost: Hebrews 7:23-28, Mark 10:46-52 Forgive the stereotype, dear friends, but let me begin today with a story about a little old lady. Age had robbed her of much of her sight, so
Part 1 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. And Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water.
Sin Cover Stories There Is No Sin in Love By Candace Chellew Sin is not just homophobia, it is actively seeking the destruction of gays and lesbians and actively shutting the door of the church in their face until they “change” according to the church’s
Read the rest of the series The Bible Dangerous assumptions about scripture The word of God is “perfect.” It is “true” and “flawless” as it says in the Psalms. It is complete, lacking nothing. It is true and trustworthy, in leading us to the Living
The faith that you have, have as your own conviction before God. Blessed are those who have no reason to condemn themselves because of what they approve. But those who have doubts are condemned if they eat, because they do not act from faith; for
There was a saying that my father had when I was younger, which I recall clearly, as he often used it to try and push ultra conservative fundamentalist theology on me. Most often his insistence that anything we wanted to accomplish or have for ourselves
Chicks break out of their shells because they’re dying. When the fetal chicken is mature, the egg fills with a toxic gas and the chick inside must break out or die. It seems harsh, but the chick’s passage from incubation to self-salvation and finally into
Kim Boykin is a Christian practitioner of Zen and an experienced workshop leader and teacher of Zen practices and contemplative prayer, to both Christian and non-Christian audiences. She holds the M.T.S. degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and is currently working toward a
“God is love! God is love! God is love!” I found myself chanting these lines over and over again at the recent Witness Our Welcome conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. But, I was not enraptured by these words during a worship service at the ecumenical conference
As if I wasn’t giddy enough from all the emotional events of this year, last weekend I journeyed to Philadelphia for the WOW 2003 conference! WOW! Witness Our Welcome. Over 1,000 LGBTQ people and our straight allies were there, including some of the most amazing