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- March 15, 2023
Not Written By Humans Everywhere you look these days people are talking about Artificial Intelligence. I recently found a program…
, - March 8, 2023
WE HAVE A STORY We live in a society of increasing anxiety Where people have lost hope and expectation. I…
, , - March 3, 2023
FIRST STEP FOR A PASTOR OF A CHURCH IDENTIFY AND INVITE SOME CLERGY COLLEAGUES: BLACK--WHITE CONVERSATION
- February 24, 2023
This is my fantasy of what might happen if I chose anti-racism ministry as my focus. I’m letting my imagination…
, - February 22, 2023
INSTITUTIONAL BETRAYAL We are in a period where many churches are declining in both numbers and influence. In the 50's…
- February 17, 2023
HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY In its simplest form, spirituality is how we stay in connection and communication with God. By speaking of healthy…
- February 3, 2023
IT HELPS TO LAUGH On my website, www.smccutchan.com, you will find God Laughs–Why Don’t You? : Making Use of Humor in…
- February 1, 2023
It's Time to Play Around Posted on May 24, 2017 | 1 Comment | Edit Mashables One of the fun strategies in comedy is called…
- January 27, 2023
TWO EXPERIENCES THAT CAN LIFT YOUR SPIRITS I'm leaving this Sunday for a Montreat Conference on Racism. I thought I'd…
- January 27, 2023
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
, - January 20, 2023
RECOGNIZE THE CHURCH’S SCANDAL For Christians to respond to the reality of racism in our lives and in our congregations,…
- January 18, 2023
GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…
- January 13, 2023
AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHURCH As Christians, we believe that this is God’s world and we have been placed in the world…
- January 11, 2023
IMAGINATION ENRICHES FAITH CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD MEAN WHAT IF I took a trip that included about 2,000 miles driving…
, , , - January 6, 2023
AN EXPERIMENT OF A CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SINS AS A WORSHIPING COMMUNITY Our faith suggests that Jesus bore the sins…
- January 4, 2023
MAKING A LIST OF CORE BELIEFS What makes a church different from any group of friends and neighbors that occasionally…
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RACISM AND THE CHURCH
November 15, 2023
RESPONSE TO SHAME I think one of the paralyzing features of modernChristianity in addressing racism is their inability todeal with…
THE CHURCH IS MORE THAN A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
November 10, 2023
THE TRUTH OF THE CHURCH The words of scripture were shaped by the language, culture, and time period in which…
BUILDING STGRENGTH IN TIME OF ANXIETY
November 8, 2023
WHERE TO LOOK FOR HOPE Consider what is happening in our society. It is not news that we are…
MAYBE WE ARE NOT SMARTER THAN GOD!!
October 27, 2023
DOES GOD MAKE MISTAKES Was God a horrible planner and made a critical mistake in choosing a “no people to…
THE BEATITUDES AND THE OUR CHURCH
October 25, 2023
THE BEATITUDES AND RACISM Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSV) When the Israelites entered the wilderness, they were confronted with a whole new…
SCAPEGOAT SUNDAY
October 20, 2023
A TIME TO CONFESS SINS OF SELF AND OTHERS You stepped outside the daily routines of life and joined in…
WORSHIP AS AN ANTI-RACIST STRATEGY
October 18, 2023
THE WORSHIP ADVANTAGE For the next several blogs, I want to focus on the practice of worship as an anti-racist…
MAKE MY DAY
October 9, 2023
The day I’ve been waiting for is here. It may not be real flying saucers in the sky but my…
IT’S ALMOST HERE
October 6, 2023
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-mccutchan-83383232_steve-secondmp4-activity-7115360852056137728-A3e8?utm_source=li_share&utm_content=feedcontent&utm_medium=g_dt_web&utm_campaign=copy NOW IS THE TIME TO SIT BACK, RELAX, AND ENJOY MY LATEST NOVEL. THIS TIME THE THEME OF THE…
THE FEAR OF DEATH AND THE HOPE OF FAITH
October 4, 2023
The Tension between Fear of Death and Hope of Faith In Hebrews 13:5, we read: “Keep your lives free from…