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Who Will Roll the Stone Away?
April 5, 2009 – 11:46 pm | Comments Off on Who Will Roll the Stone Away?
Who Will Roll the Stone Away?

By Dr. Keith A. Russell

What would happen to our Easter pulpits if we simply sought to roll the stone away so that people could confront the forces of death in their own lives? Do we dare challenge the principalities and powers of our age with the implications of a God who is both present in life and who lives beyond the boundaries of death?

Life Despite Dying
April 5, 2009 – 9:45 pm | Comments Off on Life Despite Dying
Life Despite Dying

By Rev. Allen Boesak

In the Good News of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John the resurrection is the greatest news. It is the most exciting piece in the Gospels. In our church calendar Easter occupies a special place and we live towards it and from it. At Easter the church sings: the Lord has risen! At Easter the church confesses: where, o death, is your victory? Where, o death, is your sting?

The Nation of Humankind: The Nation as Protector and Nurturer
January 12, 2009 – 9:40 am | Comments Off on The Nation of Humankind: The Nation as Protector and Nurturer
The Nation of Humankind: The Nation as Protector and Nurturer

By Dr. Donovan Russell

We are undergoing a period of reflection and questioning that stretch from to the most personal questions of how we wish to be spending our time as well as our treasure to the largest issues of international cooperation.

Faithful Preaching-Prophetic or Political?
January 12, 2009 – 8:53 am | Comments Off on Faithful Preaching-Prophetic or Political?
Faithful Preaching-Prophetic or Political?

By Rev. Dr. Robert R. LaRochelle

The recent controversy that has erupted over President-Elect Obama’s decision to invite Rev. Rick Warren to give the invocation at his Inauguration points to ongoing issues each preacher must confront concerning the role of the preacher in commenting on public policy, all part of the larger matter of the relationship between proclaiming one’s religious faith and translating that faith into specific political proposals on local, state and national issues.

One People with One Destiny
January 12, 2009 – 7:46 am | Comments Off on One People with One Destiny
One People with One Destiny

By Rev. Dr. William A. Guthrie

The more one reads the Bible, the more one sees that the concept of nation runs throughout almost all Holy Scripture. Almost from the very beginning of Genesis, it was recognized that it was not good for an individual to be alone.

What Would Jesus Eat?
October 18, 2008 – 1:12 pm | Comments Off on What Would Jesus Eat?
What Would Jesus Eat?

By Rev. Dr. Nancy H. Bloomer

In the course of human history the market was the place where urban dwellers went to buy the essentials of life: the food and other items needed for survival.

A Masters and the Master
October 18, 2008 – 8:25 am | Comments Off on A Masters and the Master
A Masters and the Master

by Kirk Woodward

As Christians we continually face the problem of integrating our faith with the effects of living in this increasingly fragmented and secularized world. I faced this situation when, for work-related reasons, I recently decided to try to earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Health Care Administration.

Living Our Mission in the Marketplace
October 18, 2008 – 7:29 am | Comments Off on Living Our Mission in the Marketplace
Living Our Mission in the Marketplace

by Janet Helene Martin

We live in a global community and we are all connected. The decisions we make in the marketplace can reflect our living faith as individuals and as congregations.

God’s Marketplace?
October 18, 2008 – 7:24 am | Comments Off on God’s Marketplace?
God’s Marketplace?

by Rev. Dr. Mark D. Hostetter

Unlike the debates about global warming, no one seems to be denying that the recent violent upheavals in the economies of the U.S. and the world are entirely man-made.

Gossip in the Marketplace
October 17, 2008 – 8:27 am | Comments Off on Gossip in the Marketplace
Gossip in the Marketplace

By Rebecca Brown

When I was growing up, we had quite a bit of gossip in our home town. From the lady who had too much of a bounce in her step when she walked around the block to the elderly gentleman who put on clown shoes when he marched in the parade, we were always talking about somebody.

I Was in Prison and You Visited Me … Then What?
July 10, 2008 – 9:20 am | Comments Off on I Was in Prison and You Visited Me … Then What?
I Was in Prison and You Visited Me … Then What?

by Katharyn L. Waldron

It is no longer “enough” for us to visit people in prison; justice demands a fuller response to the Gospels.

Extension of Life or the Extension of Dying: Ethics at End-of-Life
July 10, 2008 – 9:11 am | Comments Off on Extension of Life or the Extension of Dying: Ethics at End-of-Life
Extension of Life or the Extension of Dying: Ethics at End-of-Life

by Paul Bryant-Smith

As we consider end-of-life care for our loved ones and for ourselves, we are often struck by the difficulties that arise as a result of the improvements in medical technologies that have prolonged human life well beyond anything that could have been imagined even a few decades ago.