Bicycles, unicycles, elliptical machines, wheelchairs and roller blades became a metaphor for the Kin-dom of God. Actually, the people on these various and sundry vehicles are the kin-dom. Just imagine every possible person and body type on as many different kinds…
While taking my slow run on this cloudy December morning, I listened, as I often do, to an On Being Podcast, which featured choral composer and conductor Alice Parker. She spoke of singing as being “the most companionable of arts.” A flood…
One Winter night on the South Side of Chicago in about 2003, I pulled up and parked my car on a street that was only blocks from my apartment, but felt a world away from that nearby Hyde Park neighborhood. I…
Here I am sitting on my porch on a sunny Memorial Day morning in Columbus, Ohio and I am remembering something different that one usually expects on this holiday. I am remembering that it was just a year ago (June 1)…
“That They May All Be One” (John 17:21) This brief bit of scripture is emblazoned proudly on the United Church of Christ logo. We really like oneness – the richness of our diversity coming together in one church. The UCC’s General…
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