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Apparently the deep and long standing tensions over the ordination of women may lead to an exodus from the Anglican Church in North Americ...

We often presume that expanding the meaning of words clarifies them, gives their meaning depth, and makes them more profound.  In reality,...

“My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but ...

Reading Chesterton, I came across another quote in which he captured the miracle that is confession: “[W]hen a Catholic comes from Con...

In case you missed it. . . HOBOKEN, NJ - The congregation of St. Matthew Trinity Lutheran Church is celebrating Pastor Rose Beeson as...

Sermon for Lent 5B, preached on Sunday, March 18, 2018.      We often dream of going back in time.  But how far?  Perhaps we might enjoy ...

According to the internet (always a reliable source),  Christmas saw a Presbyterian who wondered if the world would not have been a better...

Man up once meant to tough it out and just do it.  My father lived by this motto.  He worked until just weeks before he died, on this date...

Every Sunday we include the following statement in the Sunday worship folder: DON’T UNDERSTAND THE WORSHIP SERVICE? If it is your fir...

I n the modern world, the liturgy is often treated as a thing. It may be an important thing but it is still a thing, something to be done....

“We need to remember that tolerance is not a Christian virtue. Charity, justice, mercy, prudence, honesty – these are Christian virtues....

Evangelism or evangelization, you choose the term, has fallen on hard times.  On the one hand, we have a competing marketplace of religion...

Repent is a word heard less frequently today than ever before.  In fact, the whole idea of repentance is offensive.  It presumes that you ...

Sermon for Lent VIB, preached on Sunday, March 11, 2018, by the Rev. Daniel M. Ulrich       Zombies have become very popular in ou...