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Breathing Again

Breathing Again

April 4, 2015
by Pastor Vicki
Church, Conflict, Identity, Race, Social Justice, Tragedy

On this Holy Saturday, we are sharing a few of the sermons from the last month of Lent, during which we have been focusing on…

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How the Racial Bribe Killed Jesus

How the Racial Bribe Killed Jesus

April 4, 2015
by Pastor Vicki
Conflict, Jesus, Race, Scripture, Social Justice, Uncategorized

On this Holy Saturday, we are sharing a few of the sermons from the last month of Lent, during which we have been focusing on…

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Zombies in the Wilderness

Zombies in the Wilderness

February 26, 2015
by Pastor Vicki
Conflict, Grief, Race, Social Justice, Tragedy, Uncategorized

When I think about wilderness, I now think of Georgia. And I think of the zombie apocalypse. One of my favorite shows is “The Walking…

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Treatments for Funk (and Lent)

Treatments for Funk (and Lent)

February 11, 2015
by Pastor Vicki
God, Prayer, Spiritual Practice

Recently I found myself in a funk. A bad mood. A bleh. Everything was annoying. Everything was maddening. Everything was the end of the world….

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The Trauma of Birth and Angel Blessings

The Trauma of Birth and Angel Blessings

July 2, 2014
by Pastor Vicki
Kids, Life, Parenting, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Practice

Someone told me yesterday that their boss had a baby last week. My reaction to the news of people having babies used to be, “Oh!…

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Real Talk - Spirituality Guilt

Real Talk – Spirituality Guilt

April 10, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Change, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Practice

Melissa, the chair of our Blue Ribbon (Visioning) Committee is always using the phrase “Real Talk”. It’s kind of an “Amen”-like feedback phrase that rewards…

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Silence

Silence

March 30, 2013
by Bishop J
Church, Jesus, Social Justice

Silence. Silence. A sheering, deafening silence. Deep silence, one so deep so as to sub-scend (opposite of transcend) to an unimaginable place below an African-American spiritual…

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My Beef with the Cross

My Beef with the Cross

March 27, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Church, Jesus, Life, Scripture, Social Justice

One of the worst moments in my life was the first time I suffered from short-term depression. Many of us know that the first time…

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What Holy Week Has to Do with DOMA

What Holy Week Has to Do with DOMA

March 13, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Church, Identity, LGBT, Life, Social Justice

I think it would be nice to start the day with a story. A love story.  It begins once upon a time in the West…

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Kid Logic

Kid Logic

February 20, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Church, Kids, LGBT, Scripture

On Monday night, my husband played guitar for a worship service at a Presbyterian church that is especially affirming of the LGBT community. The service…

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