Christ is risen from the dead,
Trampling down death by death,
And upon those in the tombs
Bestowing life!

Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν,
θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας,
καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι,
ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!

Christ is risen, sisters and brothers!

as you may or may not know I am the webmaster of servehaiti.org I am quite confident that all funds donated to them will go toward continuing to fund their currently existing and undamaged clinic in grand-bois Haiti which is currently treating earthquake survivors. If you are wanting to donate to assist earthquake survivors in Haiti or know ( Read more... )

A synagogue in my community is being targeted by Fred Phelps, and his folks from Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps is attempting to bring his message of virulent homophobia and anti-Semitism into our community, and our community says NO!

According to its upcoming picket schedule, they will be at the Emanuel Congregation from 11:15 to 11:45 tomorrow ( Read more... )

Just had to share this because it is whole lot of awesome ( Read more... )

Hey all! You may have heard about the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s struggles over queer ordination, which is being voted on across the country right now. I recently preached this sermon about the issue, and I wanted to share it with you all: After the Betrayal

(x-posted a bit)

Ok. I did manage to complete the Lenten Readings, and I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

At our service today, we had the Priest who usually like to give sermons that explain the readings for that day; in this case, the focal point was on the story of Thomas. I myself think Thomas gets a bad rap for refusing to believe Christ had risen ( Read more... )

I recently heard about this book, The Hole in our Gospel by Richard Stearns. On the face of it, it looks very interesting and quite positive--basically saying that the hole in our gospel is a lack of service to the poor ( Read more... )

Today, we heard the tale of the Israelites and the golden calf. This reading was also the point of the sermon, and the priest made a point about how they may have been trying to "bring God to them ( Read more... )

Today, in my church, was the Feast of the Annunciation. This day, cleverly nine months away from Christmas, is when Mary received the message from the Archangel Gabriel that she was to bear Christ ( Read more... )

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.

John 3:16Perhaps the most familiar passage in the Bible, but how many folks give much thought to the sentence that follows: "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world ( Read more... )