Articles by Paul Bryant-Smith
Rev. Paul Bryant-Smith is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, with 15 years of parish ministry. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Central Atlantic Conference and is the conference's Disaster Response Coordinator. He spent his recent sabbatical as a deckhand and historical educator aboard the Freedom Schooner Amistad, traveling in Sierra Leone and Cape Verde celebrating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the international slave trade. Sites: http://www.PaulBryant-Smith.blogspot.com http://www.amistadamerica.org http://www.cacucc.org http://www.ucc.org/disaster/
By Rev. Paul Bryant-Smith
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for October 2008
by Rev.Paul Bryant-Smith
We need preachers who can take the text from Isaiah and really preach that God sent us “to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God.”
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.
