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- 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…
, , - 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…
THE CHURCH IS MORE THAN A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
November 10, 2023
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WORSHIP AS AN ANTI-RACIST STRATEGY
October 18, 2023
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IT’S ALMOST HERE
October 6, 2023
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