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The Rev. Frederick Buechner Article

May 13, 2013

Frederick Buechner: Weekly Sermon Illustrations: Nicolet's Sermon Writing for Pentecost (Acts 2)

The Rev. Frederick Buechner (PCUSA)

For this week's sermon illustration, Frederick Buechner offers an excerpt from the novel The Final Beast where Pastor Theodore Nicolet is trying to write a sermon for Pentecost.

The Rev. Dr. Alyce M. McKenzie Article

May 12, 2013

Alyce McKenzie: M Is for the Many Things: A Mother's Day Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Alyce McKenzie (UMC)

Mother's Day is a day when we moms suspect that your cards tell us not who we really are, but who you, our family, society, and maybe even God wishes we were.
The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright Article

May 12, 2013

Bishop Rob Wright: In Thanksgiving

The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright (TEC)

Thank God for those mothers we love but see no longer, mothers who live with God now but watch over us from heaven's balcony.
The Rev. Dr. Alyce M. McKenzie Article

May 11, 2013

Alyce McKenzie: Saying Nes and Saying Yo: Discernment and Indecision

The Rev. Dr. Alyce McKenzie (UMC)

Let your word be Yes, Yes or No, No; anything more than this comes from the evil one. (Matthew 5:37). Lately I’ve been translating this verse a little differently...
The Rev. Paul Raushenbush Article

May 11, 2013

Paul Raushenbush: Face to Faith: Three Crucial Testimonies of Friendship Across Religious Divides

The Rev. Paul Raushenbush (ABCUSA)

In most communities around the world, religious diversity is a fact -- Hindus live next to Muslims, Mormons next atheists, Jews with Christians. One of the great tests of the 21st century is how we leverage this diversity into an asset that leads to more vitality and unity rather than leading to discord and disintegration.
The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard Article

May 10, 2013

Anne Howard: A Word in Time: The Roots of Resilience

The Rev. Anne Sutherland Howard (TEC)

When the going gets tough, I turn to the saints and the poets. I count on poetry to tell the truth when prose gets thick and tiresome. Sometimes—often—I find those saints and poets out on a walk, as when a robin perched atop a tree facing east catches the sun with his red breast. Sometimes, I think of my own roots, the saints who have gone before, the ones who nurtured me into the faith: Lille, Gertrude, Hannah, Minda, Cully, Jean, all the saints.
Dr. Greg Carey Article

May 10, 2013

Greg Carey: Biblical Scholarship: What's It Good For?

Dr. Greg Carey (UCC)

If so many people do just fine without biblical scholarship, why should professional interpreters tell them how they ought to read the Bible?
The Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams Article

May 09, 2013

Joanna Adams: For Men Only?

The Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams (PCUSA)

At present, at least half of American Protestant denominations do allow for the ordination of women, but that has been the case for a relatively short period of history. When I was a young girl, a vocational path toward ministry was not in the realm of possibility, and hey, I am not that old!
The Rev. Frederick Buechner Article

May 09, 2013

The Rev. Frederick Buechner: Faith and Fiction (Audio Presentation)

The Rev. Frederick Buechner (PCUSA)

The Rev. Frederick Buechner offered a fascinating presentation on "Faith and Fiction" at Montreat Conference Center in 1986.
ON Scripture Article

May 08, 2013

ON Scripture: When “Homeland Security” Keeps Us From Encountering God (John 17:20-26) By Matthew L. Skinner

ON Scripture

How do we encounter God? Some assume it comes from adhering to tried and true practices and traditions. But sometimes we experience God through opening ourselves to what or to who is different. This has particular relevance for our time, as the United States struggles to figure out what makes for homeland security.