Steven (Steve) Liechty, Author at United Church of Christ

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Commentary: Mourning the Lives Lost at Sutherland Springs

As we learned of the massacre at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, we mourned...

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Jackie Robinson

In the early 1940s United States baseball was segregated--African Americans and whites played...

Time Passages

Years go falling in the fading light.So wrote Al Stewart in his hauntingly beautiful song, Time...

News Videos

Newtown pastor condemns making an idol of the gun

"For people of faith this is not Second Amendment issue, it is a Second Commandment crisis." Since...

Into the Mystic

Into the Mystic. Into the mystery. Into the awe. Into the wonder. Into the ineffable. Into the...

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She Named the Village “Uplands”

The American Missionary Association (AMA) is primarily remembered for it’s educational work...

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Florence Alden Partridge

She was always an advocate for women, even before many church people recognized the need to...

Labor Day

As we approach Labor Day, I want to pause and give thanks to all who work hard to make a living for...

United Church of Christ News

The Urgency of Our Times

In an exceptional show of solidarity, theologians and spiritual leaders of the United Church of...

Come On People Now

“C’mon people now, smile on each other, everybody get together, try to love one another right...

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UCC Pastoral Letter condemns racist violence in Charlottesville, demands equality for all

As a response to the violent clashes between white supremacists and counter demonstrators in...

The Courage of Her Convictions

I was on the road this weekend, driving a total of about 20 hours to be in Iowa on Saturday...

Mentors

Over the weekend, I visited found myself in Kansas City. I was there to speak at an interfaith...

The Wild Child of The Trinity

Today, my entire podcast is an excerpt from the book Latin Evangelicas: A Theological Survey from...

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When Female Preachers Flourished

Plunging through the icy waters of a New Hampshire river marked Harriet Livermore's final...

The Rainbow Flag

As many of you who listen to this podcast know, the United Church of Christ is an Open and...

General Synod

The preamble to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ reads, in part, that the United...

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They were not German Reformed or German Evangelicals

It was May 31, 1889 when news of a terrible flood interrupted a pastor who was writing his...

Faith and Democracy

As this week unfolds, I will find myself in attendance at my first General Synod gathering as the...

Together as One

Over the weekend, I attended the Tri-Conference Annual meetings of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and...