What is Justice? On Thursday evening, December 4th 2015, the bells of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in San Bernadino, CA rang out 16 times. The bells were ringing in memory of the dead. Present were clergy from seven area churches as well as representatives from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to help with counseling those who more »
“If Jesus could live his life breaking so many of the rules of the Old Testament in the pursuit of his mission to enact the love of God upon the world, what makes us think that we should be so concerned with making hundreds of rules that we would impose on other people?” -Rev. Karen more »
Dear Christmas, We are so sorry. We have forgotten how to celebrate you. Instead of loving God with all that we are, We hate our imperfections and devise our own tortures. Instead of loving our neighbors while loving ourselves; We give gifts to those we love instead of to those who need them. Instead of more »
How the Church Can Live October 2013 Newsletter Article FPCAllegan.org The way that the world thinks and works is changing, but can the church be transformed to still exist within it? Lately I have been reading the books of Dr Leonard Sweet, the professor who has written extensively on how the church must transform itself more »
God promised me a rose garden. In my head I had envisioned long winding paths of immaculate lawns where around each corner was a glimpse of heaven renewed. I could picture it. I could visualize it. It would be perfect! I would walk there, inhaling the strong perfume of roses of every color, size and more »
An Obituary for Colorblindness On July 13th, 2013, when George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Benjamin Martin, the theory of racial color blindness in the United States died on the courtroom floor from a massive heart attack. The racial color blindness theory had grown up quite a bit since it more »
The other day after choir practice we heard a big crash outside of the church. We ran outside to find that a car accident had happened on the corner. The 18 year old graduate was in a hurry to get to her awards presentation at the local auditorium. She missed the stop sign and more »
Our hearts break when we hear the news out of Boston today. We are stunned by another report of terrible and deadly violence. Someone has attempted to turn the finish line of the iconic Boston Marathon, a place where thousands of people every year celebrate their incredible personal triumphs of body and spirit, into a more »
People are broken. Some in big ways and some in little ways. The horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary this morning cracks open the facade that we are all doing fine and that we don’t all have fear, anger, pain and darkness in our lives that cause us to lash out at others. For some more »
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