The electronic doorbell sounds next to the church Office Manager’s desk. She sighs in exasperation. It’s Friday. They always show up on Friday. Sunday’s worship bulletin hasn’t started to slide out of the copy machine. The Office Manager can see through the front door’s glass window a petite woman standing outside. She’s the third stranger …
Following Brett Kavanaugh’s rise to the Supreme Court, many Americans are frustrated with the struggle to build a better society and to keep America from sliding into rampant injustice and inequality. Saul Alinsky, the inventor of community organizing, possessed many tools to pressure elites and win positive change. Here’s a Christian-oriented view of his work.
I’m just now becoming acquainted with Chris Hedges, who is a Presbyterian Minister and the son of a Presbyterian minister. More importantly, Chris is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. He has spent the bulk of his career in war zones around the globe. More recently, he teaches in various prisons in New Jersey. I found …
Is it Time to Explore the Spiritual Riches Outside the Church? This post is going to be like throwing the Lincoln Logs out on the floor and worrying about building something with them later. This topic has been gurgling around in my thoughts for several weeks. I’ve even started a folder into which I’ve stuffed …
There was a time when the Church spoke to America. During the 1930’s, the New York Times printed the full text of sermons preached in the city’s large churches. Martin Luther King Jr. got ministers from an array of denominations to link arms and in so doing brought deep moral authority to the Civil Rights …
