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Light a candle for healing

Today, World AIDS Day, I remember a friend, Steve, who lost his life to AIDS, and many more who I won’t name, but carry in my heart. We seem to hear less and less about AIDS each year, and I don’t know...

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Diary of a Delegate: There’s prayer in my politics!

General Conference logo, United Methodist Communications As part of our preparation for General and Jurisdictional Conferences, the New England group of delegates and reserve delegates have been...

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Seeking Easter Inspiration

Here is my deep confession: It is hard for me to get inspired to lead worship on Easter. I face this every year. In part, I think the expectations I place on myself are too high– I want to do something...

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Diary of a Delegate: Day Three – Tears

Thursday in twitter topics, from @andrewconard Yes, I know. Technically, I could subtitle any day at General Conference, or anywhere else for that matter, with that word. I’m a crier. It’s me. But...

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Diary of a Delegate: TwitterSermon

I had a very strange experience last night. I preached a sermon on Twitter. It had been a very hard day (more on that another time) and I had left the voting area (called the bar– not a social...

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Diary of a Delegate: Dude, where’s my church?

Twitter topic cloud from @andrewconard Sisters and brothers, I don’t even know what day it is. I think about 3 days of legislation have passed since last I posted. They weren’t good days for me and the...

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But Have Not Love

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if...

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Every year on this date, I thank God for Kathe Darr

It was the second full day of classes in the fall 2001 semester at Boston University School of Theology. The basement lecture hall was filled with first year graduate students, cut off from the...

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Sermon: Blessed are the Cheese-Makers?

“Blessed are the Cheese-Makers?” (February 2, 2014) When we read the list of blessings in the Gospels (“beatitudes,” as they are often called), we can read them both as reminders of whom God loves, and...

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A Prayer for November 9

At our Bible Study last week, I was challenged to write a prayer for after the election. This is what I came up with. What would you pray? Prayer for November 9 Hope of every tomorrow, Healer of...

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