So Running Builds Character? What if You are Allergic to Running?
I was reading an article recently about someone who wrote about a person who ran a marathon and their thoughts on doing such a demanding...
Sticks and Stones
As a kid my Mom and other well meaning adults said to me that phrase that many of you may remember, "Sticks and stones may break my...
Love is not a Fashion Accessory
When was the last time you looked at all your clothes in your closet or your drawers and wondered why you have so many clothes? Do you...
The Architecture of the Barn and the Church
The clever brains and rough hands which conceived and constructed European cathedrals and monasteries also built barns — and, quite...
Smaller churches are poised to make a comeback
I read an article recently by Thom S. Rainer, who is a church consultant when it comes to church growth and vitality, where he stated...
How Ought We Respond?
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 4:11 That word, "ought," caught my eye as I was reading it...
Love of Creation — Sacred Earth, Sacred Work
Did you know? UCC ministers coined the phrase "environmental racism" and played a leading role in giving birth to the environmental...