Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for the First Sunday of Advent: O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence — as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to
Reading for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost: Exodus 3:2-14 We worship a God who is characterized by the cross — the ultimate sign of love known to humanity, not an angry storm god who needs to be appeased. I find it troubling when people of
Chicago Theological Seminary Reading for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 I am grateful to President Thistlethwaite for the invitation to be with you today – and to Dr. Haldeman and the LGBT students who worked with him on the marvelous liturgy that
Gentle Shepherd Metropolitan Community Church, Phoenix, Ariz. Reading for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: The Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, sold all else that he had and bought it. (Matthew
MCC Columbia, S.C. Readings: Luke 15:11-24, Romans 8:5-11 Back in 1953, Leonard Stern, one of the writers for the TV show “The Honeymooners,” was working on writing a new character into the series. He was stuck for a descriptive passage and yelled out to his co-writer Roger
Preached at MCC Columbia (S.C.) July 3, 2005 Readings: Matthew 11:27-30, Romans 7:13-25 We’ve worked very as a congregation hard to make sure that this is a safe and sacred place – a place where each of us can feel safe to explore our beliefs,
Our reading comes from the one of my favorite versions of the Bible – the Black Bible Chronicles. The Black Bible Chronicles takes the stories of the Mosaic books and makes them very now and very relevant. Many people who have read from this particular
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings: Matthew 12:46-50, 1 John 3:1-3 You know you’re in a bad family when … The pet cat got better food than you did. Your parents told you about strange men giving away sweets and to go and find
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings: Psalm 139:7-12, Luke 6:20-26 I love America. Make no mistake about it. I am grateful for the happy accident that led me to be born into this country. Our varied landscape, our varied people, our varied experiences and
Readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter: Acts 1:6-14; Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36; 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11; John 17:1-11 I have been drenched in scripture since even before I could read and write. My parents were devout Baptists, and I taught a Sunday School class for