Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: John 14:11-13, James 1:22-25 When I began seminary my mother, a faithful and faith-filled Southern Baptist woman, told me in an ominous voice, “You’ll shipwreck your faith.” You see, that’s what happens when you go
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Jonah 1:1-10, Matthew 6:25-33 Our grandson, Ayden, recently celebrated his first birthday. To join the celebration we had to make our way from Camden to Summerton where the other grandparents live. Now, at least one of us
United Church of Christ 50th Anniversary General Synod, Hartford, Conn. It is an enormous privilege to be with you today. I am grateful to the planning committee for its invitation to share with you my thoughts on where – God being our helper – I
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 12:20-33 Lest anyone believe the incredible notion that pastors are somehow perfect and have the secret to life, the universe and everything all figured out, let me begin by shattering that notion.
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26 Back in 1998, a well known politician made a bizarre statement. Now, I know that’s not anything unusual, and I would only have to look
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Revelation 21: 1-4 Sometime last year I arrived at the salon where I get my hair cut and sat down right in the middle of a sticky theological predicament. That’s not something
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Psalm 139:7-12, Matthew 6:25-34 Back in the early 1990s I hosted a radio talk show in Gainesville, Georgia. Each year we had to do our shows on location at one of the local festivals called
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter: 32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With
God is still speaking: The campaign Never place a period where God has placed a comma. (Gracie Allen) In 2004, the United Church of Christ produced commercials with the tagline “God is still speaking.” The controversy that erupted was not so much over the assertion
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Mark 1:21-28 How many email accounts do you have? More than one? More than two? More than three? More than you can reasonably count? Have any of