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I’m happy to report that the vote in my Presbytery, (Chicago), to expand the definition of marriage in the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA), was 179 yes, 60 no, with 8 abstentions. If this change is adopted, the PC(USA) constitution would not limit marriage to being between a man and a woman, and would say …
+ Our question this week is: how can we love in the face of hostility, without becoming damaged, and without becoming retaliatory? How can we remain centered and find a core of inner peace that can make us whole and strong? Here’s a five minute meditation that I gave in a recent sermon at St. …
A mentor of mine once told me that part of my job is to leave the office sometimes and go to the movies, or go for a walk, or go to the lake so that I can get distance from what I am trying to do. It’s like leaving the main floor at a show …
Today is Good Friday, the day we remember Jesus’s death. We enter into a three-day period of waiting for a very bad situation to turn good. In this season we talk about Jesus “giving his life” in order to save us, but what does that mean? I preached about this at St. James last Sunday, …
I received two notes last week on the day I posted about “Restoration not Retribution.” The first one was from a man who beautifully and articulately described his Christian faith in God and Jesus, along with the Christian practice of communion and its meaning in his own life. He just couldn’t believe that Jesus died …