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- 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…
, - December 29, 2021
Conversations and Community The story of race in this country can be told on a national level and include the…
- December 24, 2021
I'm in Guatemala with my family. HOPE ALLL OF YOU HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS THE CHURCH NEEDS YOUR MINISTRY: WE'VE…
- December 22, 2021
BEING CREATIVE WITH CRISIS There is a creative way to move beyond crisis and regain your power to make choices…
- December 17, 2021
I was asked recently what advice I would give about the ministry to a 20 year old version of myself.…
, - December 10, 2021
LOSS OF TRUST THAT BINDS US Consider what is happening in our society. In recent years, almost every major institution…
- December 8, 2021
Making Peace in a Racist Society Get together with two or three other pastors and let forced writing in a…
, - December 3, 2021
Listening to God’s Spirit in a Congregation There are some theological assumptions undergirding this idea. First that the church is…
- November 26, 2021
A Guide for a personal Moral Inventory In our struggle to address racism, there are some parallels with the first…
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…
LITURGY AS ANTIRACISM SPEECH
December 14, 2022
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
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…