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Steve's Corner
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DO COMPUTERS HAVE FAITH?
March 15, 2023 | Steve
Not Written By Humans Everywhere you look these days people are talking about Artificial Intelligence. I recently found a program…
A HYMN REMINDS US OF A TRUTH
March 8, 2023 | Steve
WE HAVE A STORY We live in a society of increasing anxiety Where people have lost hope and expectation. I…
A FAITHFUL MINISTRY FOR A CHURCH
March 3, 2023 | Steve
FIRST STEP FOR A PASTOR OF A CHURCH IDENTIFY AND INVITE SOME CLERGY COLLEAGUES: BLACK–WHITE CONVERSATION
WITHOUT A VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH
February 24, 2023 | Steve
This is my fantasy of what might happen if I chose anti-racism ministry as my focus. I’m letting my imagination…
COULD JESUS BE THE ANSWER FOR A HEALTHY CHURCH?
February 22, 2023 | Steve
INSTITUTIONAL BETRAYAL We are in a period where many churches are declining in both numbers and influence. In the 50’s…
WE NEED A HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY IN OUR CRAZY WORLD
February 17, 2023 | Steve
HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY In its simplest form, spirituality is how we stay in connection and communication with God. By speaking of healthy…
Humor helps Clergy in a Stressful World
February 3, 2023 | Steve
IT HELPS TO LAUGH On my website, www.smccutchan.com, you will find God Laughs–Why Don’t You? : Making Use of Humor in…
A Hymnal for Clergy When Stressed
February 1, 2023 | Steve
It’s Time to Play Around Posted on May 24, 2017 | 1 Comment | Edit Mashables One of the fun strategies in comedy is called…
ENJOY MUSIC AND HUMOR
January 27, 2023 | Steve
TWO EXPERIENCES THAT CAN LIFT YOUR SPIRITS I’m leaving this Sunday for a Montreat Conference on Racism. I thought I’d…
Redemptive Faith, God, and Racism (part 3 of 3)
January 27, 2023 | Steve
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
Redemptive Faith, God and Racism (Part 2 of 3)
January 20, 2023 | Steve
RECOGNIZE THE CHURCH’S SCANDAL For Christians to respond to the reality of racism in our lives and in our congregations,…
REDEMPTIVE FAITH, God, and Racism (3 parts)
January 18, 2023 | Steve
GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…
AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHURCH
January 13, 2023 | Steve
AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHURCH As Christians, we believe that this is God’s world and we have been placed in the world…
RECOVER YOUR IMAGINATION
January 11, 2023 | Steve
IMAGINATION ENRICHES FAITH CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD MEAN WHAT IF I took a trip that included about 2,000 miles driving…
Can We Confess for our Ancestor’s Sins
January 6, 2023 | Steve
AN EXPERIMENT OF A CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SINS AS A WORSHIPING COMMUNITY Our faith suggests that Jesus bore the sins…
MAKING A LIST OF CORE BELIEFS
January 4, 2023 | Steve
MAKING A LIST OF CORE BELIEFS What makes a church different from any group of friends and neighbors that occasionally…
LISTEN AS WE BEGIN 2023
December 30, 2022 | Steve
A Litany for 2023 (Feel free to make use of all or part of this litany with attribution.) By steve@smccutchan.com…
ASHAMED OF THE CHURCH; STICKING WITH IT
December 16, 2022 | Steve
ASHAMED OF CHURCH AND STICKING WITH IT Recently I was in a rather intense but respectful conversation with a small…
LITURGY AS ANTIRACISM SPEECH
December 14, 2022 | Steve
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…
LITURGY AS ANTIRACISM SPEECH
December 14, 2022 | Steve
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…