Wooo! That wind is sure chilly. Winter comes early this year! I’m glad we don’t live in the Midwest or New England where it’s really bad. And I’m glad so few of us are homeless and have to live in this weather without any shelter. Can you imagine that? Think...

“Yes, we have a responsibility to ask the questions of why people are poor, to lobby for better treatment of the poor, to support agencies that who have expertise with the poor, but we also should also be inspired to give directly to the poor. Not because it is the...

For Reformation Day, the celebration of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses against the church abomination called indulgences, I offer a reminder of how the church often opposes the way of Jesus: The church has the right to oppress heresies or immoralities Heresies and immoralities come and go. There will...

As a community, we have a number of principles by which we live, which makes us a unique church, unlike most any others. Here are some of the principles: We not only speak of our love of God and neighbor, we show it. It is not enough to talk a...

“I’m too busy to be compassionate” Compassion requires less time than consideration The thought to pick up socks for the needy when buying clothes The thought to keep breakfast bars in one’s car The thought to give away clothes instead of throwing The thought to speak a kind word instead...

The other day I was talking to my friend Dave. He’s known as Montana Dave because, I guess, he came from Montana originally, but there are a few of the guys who I know were raised in Montana, but they don’t get the nickname “Montana.” On the other hand, there’s...

Okay, so we know that Jesus hung out with tax collectors, but do we have to go so far as to say he hung out with drugies and child pornographers? Oh, yes, these are exactly the kind of folks Jesus hung out with. He welcomed those whom the Standard Religious...