Commentary: Truth
In 1620, the Mayflower set sail for new shores.On November 9 its surviving inhabitants caught...
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April 2019
Dear colleagues, Easter Greetings! This newsletter comes to you a week late to celebrate the...
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Into the Mystic: A Collage of Easter Memories
Easter has always lived in my memory as the single greatest day on the liturgical calendar. From my...
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Commentary: Hatred, the new mantra of democratic politics
This month Rwanda remembers the genocide that tore it apart 25 years ago when 800,000 ethnic...
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Resurrecting Hope: An Easter Message
I walk through the world, opening myself up to the daily vagaries of life’s unanticipated joy and...
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Into the Mystic: The Agony And The Ecstasy
The First novel I ever read was Irving Stone’s The Agony and the Ecstasy. It was a fictional...
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What Evil Have They Done?
“You told me this person was causing trouble among the community: bringing harm, inciting...
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The Hijacking of Religious Liberty
Religious freedom is one of our core national values. It is one of the dynamics of our common life...
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Commentary: The Green New Deal and Partisan Myths
According to a recent news article from NPR, “the partisan clash” over the Green New Deal...
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JPANet April 2019 Newsletter
Getting to the Root of It We’ve asked UCC advocates to help us unpack the complex justice issues...
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The First President of the United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ came into existence in 1957. For its first four years, leaders from...
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Commentary: Attacks on Roe V. Wade
Access to abortion is an issue of faith. We believe God created each one of us in God’s own image...
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Commentary: Moving Beyond Thoughts and Prayers
Another heart-wrenching tragedy resulting in the loss of innocent life has once again reminded us...
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God is Love
Listen to the podcast https://soundcloud.com/theucc/god-is-love Read the...
Read MoreMarch 2019
Many Committees on Ministry struggle with cultivating effective Ecclesiastical Councils, whether...
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The Youth Climate Strike and Churches
On March 15th, as high school students around the world walked out of their classes as part of the...
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UCC Leaders: Mourning the massacre in New Zealand
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and...
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A Church Considers the Meaning of Environmental Justice
To express our commitment to care for God’s creation, the Green Team at our church presented a...
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The Three Great Loves and Clean Air
For me, the focus of the United Church of Christ on Three Great Loves hits home as I reflect upon...
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Commentary: Holding Hope
There have been so many vigils lately. Vigils where we mourn the hundreds and thousands whose...
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