The Gospel is inherently political. The early Christians made a subversive political claim – Jesus is Lord. That may not seem very political to those of us living in the 21st century. But in the first century Roman Empire, people had to claim that the Roman Emperor was Lord. To claim that Jesus was Lord…
The LGBTQ community has every right to claim the rainbow. Some religious folks are utterly offended that the LGBTQ community has identified with the rainbow. They claim that the rainbow belongs to Christians and how dare LGBTQ folks steal it from us! But here’s the thing: The Biblical rainbow doesn’t belong solely to Christians. The…
We at Clackamas United Church of Christ would like to make a confession. Some of us eat bacon. Some of us eat shrimp. And some of us eat shrimp wrapped in bacon!!! And we all wear garments made of different materials. (Polyester!?! Oh the shame!) And some of us have even brought these things into…
No matter how you interpret Romans 1, if you use it in a way to condemn others, you need to repent. Because when you use Romans 1 to judge and condemn, you are judging and condemning yourself.
If our LGBTQ siblings are anyone in the Sodom and Gomorrah story, they are the angels in our midst.
Last week, Vice President Mike Pence, who asserts that he is a faithful Christian, claimed that we need a military force in space because space “is a warfighting domain just like land and air and sea.” Apparently, no place in God’s creation is safe from human violence. Pence went on to say that “it is…
There’s a great story about doubt at the end of the Gospel of Matthew. The resurrected Jesus met the disciples on a mountain. They had followed Jesus for three years, sharing good times and bad times with him. One bad time was Good Friday, which, despite the name, was actually a really bad day for them…