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As chaplain for the Hospice of the Eastern Upper Peninsula, I have been called to visit with patients and their families when they are dealing with end- of- life issues.  In the course of our conversations, I talk about life as a journey. ...

Thom Shulz has explored the reasons why people both leave and stay away from the church in the West, and proposes Four Acts of Love that could make the church ‘irresistible.’ With a bit of cultural translation, I think he is on to something important...

Lessons:  Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-10, Psalm 119:33-40, 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23, Matthew 5:38-48 Theme: God’s faithful and generous people understand that we are stewards of one another, and that we seek to love and pray for friend and foe alike. Key...

69 years ago an all-Christian bomber crew dropped “Fat Man”, a plutonium bomb, on Nagasaki, Japan, instantly annihilating tens of thousands of innocent civilians, a disproportionate number of them Japanese Christians, and permanently or mortally wounding...

STATEMENT BY UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CONDEMNING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION BAN (New York, NY, January 30, 2017) Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York issued the following public statement condemning...