St. Paul United Church of Christ

In this passage from Exodus, Pharaoh tells Moses the people can go, but they can’t take their livestock with them. The problem is they’re going to need some of those animals to sacrifice in worship, since that’s how they did things. Without them, says [...]

In the southern church I serve in Georgia, congregants are sometimes disturbed when they hear “too much politics from the pulpit.” “Just stick to the gospel,” they say. “All we want to hear is what saith the [...]

On airplanes, I dread the conversation with the person who finds out I am a minister and wants to use the flight time to explain to me that he is “spiritual but not religious.” Such a person will always share this as if it is some kind of daring [...]

The book of Revelation was written by the disciple John to Christians who were experiencing severe persecution by first-century Roman emperors determined to destroy the church of Christ. With doors of social acceptance, religious tolerance and [...]

Being falsely accused of wrongdoing is a miserable experience for anyone, and acutely so for children. If you want to see indignant, blame a 7-year-old for something he didn’t do. Maybe the reason kids get so infuriated is that they have no court of [...]