There once was a church called Charlie who lived in a vast country called Amer.  Amer was a vast, spacious…

TRANSFORMING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…

More Powerful than Bombs, Guns, and Terrorists I know of two weapons, either of which are capable of causing the…

What is the most significant factor in the origin of racism in this country? Racism is an ideology that places…

The Intention of God At the root of our faith is an assumption that God has an intention for the…

It is common to critique local churches for their faithlessness.  Yet when you think about it, many of these churches…

Do you ever wonder what could happen if churches of different races but the same Gospel not only believed but…

Step two for the pastor. Explain to them that you want to have lunch and discuss the church’s role in…

Being Spirit-led is anything but being on easy street. With the biblical stories before us, we know that a faithful…

In some corner of many pastors’ minds is the disturbing belief that most of their members, while verbalizing Christian beliefs,…

As depicted in the PowerPoint presentation, Step by Step Guide to Anti-Racism Ministry, we have some significant advantages that can…

Little was known about the planet’s intelligent life forms except for the puzzling reality that the entire population was separated…

THE CHOICE IS YOURS A spaceship was hurtling through space on an adventure never before experienced by humankind. Almost by…

The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do abouttheir squirrel infestation. After much prayer and many meetings,…

I have just finished reading an article in the September issue of the Christian Century that not only saddened me…

  If, as a recent Barna poll suggests, almost 2/3rds of active Christians believe that the church should address the issue…

No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the one in which the pastor offers…

How many times, have you seen someone else do a job and thought, if I were doing it, I’d have…

BY STEPHEN MCCUTCHAN There once was a church called Charlie who lived in a vast country called Amer.  Amer was…