"I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion...

We’ve always liked this quote by Bob Marley. What it says to us primarily is that you can’t ever put your full faith in another human being.  Not your husband; not your wife; not your pastor; not your...

"Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander." -- The Holocaust Museum

“Hey Mister … Are You Jesus?” by Keith Goss, for The Christian Left

“Are you saved?” “Are you born again?” “Have you accepted Christ as your personal savior?” These are the formulaic ways that fundamen...

“Let Us Be Broken Together,” by Keith Goss, for The Christian Left

Doing the right thing can be very lonely. Think of all the prophets throughout history. They had their backs up against the wall. To ...

The Protest Protest: Countering Hate With Love, by Rev. Mark Sandlin

The group who gathered today near Edenton Street United Methodist Church (UMC), in order to counter the hateful message which Westb...

Are Joel Osteen and other purveyors of the 'prosperity gospel' false prophets? Those are pretty harsh words. I like to give folks the benefit of the doubt.  Are they a bit misled? Very likely so.



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Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Bethesda, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids — blind, lame and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill ...