UPDATE:
“Preachers should approach preaching as a collaborative task. Exegesis might be done with members of the congregation, and at the least with other pastors.”
In a place where overhauling comprehensive immigration law is a hot topic, Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina spoke in late
Virtually nothing bearing an overtly Christian label that has come out of Hollywood has motivated me in my faith.
“We’re a small community; we see each other all the time, at the post office or the grocery store; and we know the hurt and what it feels like to be out of a church and a space that you love.”
Those words shocked and hurt us. They felt like nails hammered into our bodies and the truth of our reality, as though we Palestinians are living a lie — only imagining things, and if we only eat, talk, and share our stories, everything will be alright. For twenty years now, that is exactly what we have been doing – eating, drinking, telling each other our stories, not to mention hugging and embracing, meanwhile Israel was feasting on our land.
In what ways do you make use of social media to spread the Gospel?
“How will what we are doing here affect or involve people living in poverty?”
“The meaning of the Easter story and Christ’s resurrection will be explained to those wanting to throw eggs,” explains a flyer.
“So the struggle to fathom that unfathomable sacrifice makes Easter all the more meaningful to all of us”