“I can hear the angels sing…”
Thank you, Courtney…and choir…
I can hear the angels sing…
“…that glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold.”
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Well…if you’re looking at the same weather forecast I am…a Midnight Clear is … read more.
This is the season when the interplay of day and night, of light and darkness is much with us. The time when nights lengthen toward the Solstice…next Tuesday…when the predictable miracle will occur …and the days will begin to lengthen again. This is a time … read more.
“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”
Could it really be that simple?
Just let the soft … read more.
Love is the doctrine of this church.
The liberal church…this church…is often understood to have freedom at its center. Freedom from the rigidity of creeds. Freedom from hierarchical religious authority.
Freedom “from.”
But that is to misunderstand the tradition out of which we come.
And I believe it is … read more.
There’s so much to be thankful for…
Gratitude is our spiritual theme this month and there is so much to be thankful for this morning.
I am looking out at some of your faces…here in our sanctuary…after more than 18thmonths.
Halleluiah. That itself is reason enough for gratitude!
The folks here … read more.
Justice is what love looks like when it speaks in public.
Justice is what love looks like in public.
It was ten years ago, 2011, and Dr. Cornell West was preaching in the Rankin Chapel on the Howard University campus. His visit had been well publicized and … read more.
Let it rain. Let the love pour down. Open the floodgates of heaven.
Is that the way it works? Is the love always there? Ready to pour down? On all of us? The good people and the people we see as evil? On all of us? … read more.
The rains have come and the parched and thirsty earth has been drinking in the life giving moisture.
The rains have come … and the cool days and the cooler nights. After the unparalleled intensity of heat this summer, our human spirits welcome this turning of the … read more.
Safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning on the everlasting arms
The Everlasting arms…safety, security…
That pastoral promise touches deep into hearts that yearn for comfort…oh, we want change too, at least we say we do…but we resist it too…
Our hearts wonder what can be relied on when … read more.
Liberal religion seems to offer more questions than answers. Rev. Bill will offer his answers to questions from the congregation and perhaps pose a few of his own. Look for details in e-news about how to submit a question.
