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- February 23, 2022
BEING A HYPOCRITE Have you considered the importance of a hypocritic oath for pastors. Its important to recognize the hypocrisies…
- February 18, 2022
We continue the guide for anti-racism ministry in the local church. In the previous blog, I spoke of how to…
- February 16, 2022
IDENTIFYING AND INVITING SOME CLERGY COLLEAGUES: FIRST STEP FOR A PASTOR OF A CHURCH Identify five or six other clergy…
- February 11, 2022
When churches set out to be perfect, they encounter similar problems to those faced by humans who try to be…
, , - February 9, 2022
THE POWER OF FOOD TO DIVIDE Who is it that you would rather not share a meal with? No, think…
- February 2, 2022
THE PROBLEM WE FACE AS CLERGY I have spent over 50 years as an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church…
- January 28, 2022
RESPONDING TO WHITE PRIVILEGE When Whites hear the term White Privilege, they usually have one of two reactions. 1. They…
, - January 26, 2022
WE HAVE WORK TO DO February is Black History Month. In addition to the emphasis in our school system and…
, , - January 21, 2022
SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP It appears that we may be moving as a society into a period of both limited lockdowns as…
- January 19, 2022
THANKSGIVING FOR THE FUTURE In Psalm 138, we reflect on the power of thanksgiving as it reminds us of God’s faithfulness…
- January 19, 2022
We continue from last Friday's blog to examine the frame of our worship services CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS The very contrast…
- January 14, 2022
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…
- January 12, 2022
AT THE CORE OF HUMANITY The essential core to all of life is relationships. When God said in Genesis 2:18…
- January 7, 2022
IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS’S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…
- January 5, 2022
IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS'S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…
, - December 31, 2021
AT THE CORE OF HUMANITY The essential core to all of life is relationships. When God said in Genesis 2:18…
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ENJOY MUSIC AND HUMOR
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…
Redemptive Faith, God, and Racism (part 3 of 3)
January 27, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ASHAMED OF CHURCH AND STICKING WITH IT Recently I was in a rather intense but respectful conversation with a small…