At a news conference at Arch Street United Methodist Church Dec. 16, the Rev. Frank Schaefer said he will not surrender his clergy credentials and intends to continue to be an outspoken advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Moving “the front line” of your ministry forward

December 16, 2013 2 Comments

Bishop Steve Lane of the Diocese of Maine has asked clergy and members of his diocese to move “the front line” of their ministry out

How art inspires and impedes faith

December 16, 2013 3 Comments

Tobias Wolff’s essay in a fie-year-old issue of The New Yorker is about “the power of aesthetics to shape our lives,” but the anecdote around

Dear Rev. Former Pastor… about that funeral

December 15, 2013 36 Comments

The Rev. Sharon Temple

What else did we expect? Guns and violence

December 15, 2013 2 Comments

If we don’t care at least as much as the gun lobby, if we don’t become, in the president’s words, “obsessed” with curbing gun violence, what right do we have to expect that things will be any different, even after the next mass shooting or wave of urban gun deaths?

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Pope Francis urges spirit of brotherhood/sisterhood for all

What is it about clergy collars?

We are not all in this together. Is that even possible?

When the Jesus you were expecting isn’t the Jesus who shows up

Chuck Blanchard, 2.0. At least.

Methodist pastor in same-sex wedding controversy won’t surrender credentials

Moving “the front line” of your ministry forward

How art inspires and impedes faith

Dear Rev. Former Pastor… about that funeral

What else did we expect? Guns and violence

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