I am happy to announce that James Mulholland, author of Praying Like Jesus and co-author of If Grace Is True: Why God Will Save Every Person and If God Is Love: Re-Discovering Grace in An Ungracious World, will speak at the LGBT rights vigil to be held at the Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis from 6 [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Author and Documentary Added to Vigil Lineup
Posted in 26709 on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nazarenes in Newsweek
Posted in 26709 on September 24, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Check out this Newsweek article concerning a friend of mine, Dr. Richard Colling. Dr. Colling is a biology prof at Olivet Nazarene University whose book, “Random Designer,” lays out a case for darwinian creationism. Though Rick and I differ on some theological issues, his right to speak his mind and tell the truth in his classes [...]
Vigil Update
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hello, everyone. I’m happy to announce several updates to the LGBT rights vigil to be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, October 12th at the Indiana Statehouse (East steps). Here’s the lineup as it stands right now:
Recording Artist Tim Hoover
Author, musician and UU minister Rev. Dennis McCarty
Fundamentalist turned LGBT rights activists Tim and Cindy [...]
It’s Right There, Plain As Day: Religion and Civil Rights
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Here’s the sermon for Sunday, September 16th. We had a great Sunday. I hope this sermon finds you well!
It seemed to many that the great experiment in democracy was already beginning to fail. The swirling signatures on the Declaration of Independence were barely dry before, according to some Americans, it all began to fall apart.
Suffragists [...]
Carlton Pearson’s Change of Heart
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Click here to read about the life of Carlton Pearson, a Pentecostal minister who came to see, from Bible study, that hell is a very human construct. He had pastored a church of over 4,000 people before he realized he had to preach his newfound understanding of the Bible. His story has a lot of [...]
The Winding Creek
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What follows is a speech I gave at my grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Believe it or not, the minister who married them was there to renew their vows. My Mother did a great job planning the event, and it went off extremely well. Happy 50th!!
Begin at the Staggs house, out by the high school on [...]
Tenth Anniversary Address
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a brief address I gave at our church’s 10th anniversary celebration, held this past Sunday. It was a wonderful day, and I learned a lot about the sacrifice these folks have made to ensure UUCC came into and remained in existence.
It happens every week of every year. Right now, somewhere in the world, [...]
A Steady Diet of Crow: Dukkha And Impermanence
Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the sermon for Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007. Hope it finds you well!
Looking at me, you may not think I’m the type of guy who lives a life of intrigue and espionage. Boy, would you be surprised.
Here I was, a Christian minister, living in a house owned by a conservative Christian denomination, researching Eastern [...]
