The greatest modern psychologists have claimed that every dream carries a deep revelation about our subconscious. Each dream only needs to be interpreted properly for us to understand the message contained in it. But Sigmund …

A little boy who held a sign that read “I MATTER” stood among a throng of protestors who were streaming down the highway, chanting “No Justice! No Peace!” This scene has played again and again …

The American dream is a big house in the suburbs, a white picket fence, 2.5 kids and an SUV in the driveway. The American dream is to make it all by yourself and owe nothing …

In mid-March, as news of the pandemic began sweeping our country, our congregation closed the doors of our building and began meeting online. Each week, I recorded three short videos to encourage our relatively aged …

In the early 1920s, something powerful was happening in Harlem, New York. In a period later esteemed the Harlem Renaissance, Harlem became a cultural mecca for African American literature, music, art, and intellectual thought.[i]Disillusioned by the failed promises of economic reconstruction and continued …

by Susan Converse

The telephone rings, piercing the silence of the night.  You jump out of bed. Your heart is racing, and you pick up the phone.  The voice on the other end tells you that …

by Jimmy Arthur Atkins

The Holy Bible offers a treasure chest of case studies and examples of leadership—good and bad. While there are many secular definitions of leadership, I distinguish …

Joseph the Courageous Man: A Retelling of the Christmas Story from Joseph’s Point of View

by Olusola Adegbite

Joseph was entitled to a virgin wife according to the customs of his time and Mary was it. They …

by Ruth Shaffer

I am grateful for having been born into a family with little.  We had powdered milk and government cheese. Remember the big blocks of government cheese?  The cheese that was supposed to …

by Nelson Rivera

Let us begin with some questions. When we gather for worship, what do we think we are doing? In other words, what is our gathering for? Just thinking of the ways that diverse …

by Patty Christiena Willis

I remember sitting with a vegetarian friend at a Japanese restaurant.  When she ate a bit of shrimp that had been fried in batter, she spit it out, right there, and said, …

by Albrecht Classen

Hardly any other Renaissance painting has been ingrained in people’s mind as deeply as Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” (1495-1498), housed in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in …