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- 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…
, , - December 30, 2022
A Litany for 2023 (Feel free to make use of all or part of this litany with attribution.) By steve@smccutchan.com…
, - December 16, 2022
ASHAMED OF CHURCH AND STICKING WITH IT Recently I was in a rather intense but respectful conversation with a small…
, , - December 14, 2022
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…
, , - December 14, 2022
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…
, , - December 7, 2022
Have you ever heard any of these before? For enjoyment share the “Ten Reasons Not to Go to Church.” Allow…
- November 30, 2022
White Privilege Checklist Peggy McIntosh, Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, describes white privilege as…
, - November 23, 2022
How A Church ListensThe Intention of God At the root of our faith is an assumption that God has an…
, , , - November 18, 2022
MY NEIGHBOR IN THE BODY OF CHRIST What is my responsibility for my neighbor’s sins as a member of the…
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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…
REPARATION
September 29, 2023
REPARATIONS One aspect of God’s reconciling work may involve the issue of reparation. Desmond Tutu, in speaking about the struggle…
FAITH BEYOND THIS PLANET
September 27, 2023
DOES FAITH REACH BEYOND THIS PLANET When you think about it, the question of whether beings from other planets have…
SAVED TO COMMUNITY THROUGH GRACE
September 22, 2023
Living Our Faith For Christians to respond to the reality of racism in our lives and in our congregations, we…
HAVIN A WORD WITH GOD
September 20, 2023
HAVING A WORD WITH GOD. START WITH THREE FRIENDS For this experience, I would invite you to choose three clergy…
Worship as an Anti-racist Strategy
September 13, 2023
The worship Advantage For the next several blogs, I want to focus on the practice of worship as an anti-racist…
SCAPEGOAT SUNDAY
September 8, 2023
(PART 2 OF A SERIES) A TIME TO CONFESS SINS OF SELF AND OTHERS You stepped outside the daily routines…