Here is the video and the sermon podcast for the February 7 worship service from First Christian St. Paul.
Worship From Home: February 7, 2021
Worship From Home: January 31, 2021
Here is the video and the sermon podcast for the January 31 worship service from First Christian St. Paul.
Why Our Church Isn’t Progressive
As I was scanning Facebook the other day, I noticed a church Facebook page that claimed they are a progressive church. More mainline Protestant congregations are declaring themselves as a progressive congregation, meaning a congregation that focuses on LGBTQ rights, the environment, race, abortion and other issue that would be issues from the political left.... Continue Reading →
Delis and Supermarkets
First Christian is a deli church.
It Really Is the Little Things
When a church is small, there is a temptation to think you really can't do anything because you don't have enough people.
The Parallax View
We can see different things according to our viewpoint. I've been thinking about the concept of parallax. That's when it looks like a difference or displacement of an object when you view it from two different lines of sight. If you go to the Wikipedia page on a parallax, you see a diagram looking at... Continue Reading →
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Well, the Special General Conference for the United Methodist Church is done. For those of us who are LGBTQ and allies, the result was shocking and hurtful.
Loving Jesus, Hating Church?
I gave up church because I can no longer make the trade-offs between worship, theology, mission, and community that I have made for years. My congregational options usually seem to consist of historically Black church settings with prophetic preaching and action on issues of racial and social justice, but that reject women’s call to pastoral... Continue Reading →
The Church in the Trump Era
What does it mean to be church in the era of President Trump? What does this mean for Mainline/Progressive Christians? In the days following the Inauguration, I was less worried about the new President. It doesn't mean I wasn't concerned: but he was chosen in an election and should be allowed govern. It might be... Continue Reading →
Questions on the Disciples and the Local Church
Disclaimer: I have to start this blog post off by saying that the following criticism is not directed at any one person. It is NOT a personal attack on anybody. This is a critique of a larger system that people might be a part of, but again my beef is with the system and not... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 