People new to congregational life are often anxious about pledging. After all, this is a financial commitment you didn’t used to have. Here’s what I hear most often: How much should I pledge? Pledging is a spiritual practice, a commitment to the future of the congregation. The practice of making a …
Aha! You knew some day this blog would grub for money, didn’t you? Churches are all the same. Church financial scandals in recent decades have led many to view fundraising as an example of religious hypocrisy: if religious people really want to make the world a better place, why don’t …
So much has been written about children attending worship services that I feel I have little to add. At the same time, …
You made it to church for the first time! You got yourself out of bed on Sunday morning, had the right set …
Before I became a minister, I never, ever, even once went through the receiving line to greet the minister after a worship …
Why should you come to church more often? Because you want to. I hear this from my congregants all the time. That …
I had an electrician at my house Monday morning for a repair. He knows what I do for a living, and he …
The following sermon was shared at the December 7, 2014 worship service at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation. In Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921, …
Beloved community, The week before Thanksgiving was certainly tumultuous. First, President Obama announced he would use his executive powers to protect up …
Beloved community, I have just arrived home from a 5-day trip to Tucson, where I studied immigration issues with 20 other Unitarian …
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