Author: pastordan

Cross Burning in Durham

Pam knows from North Carolina: Three crosses were burned last night in my progressive hometown, one only a couple of miles away from our house, near a middle-class, suburban subdivision. Some are tying it to the visit of members...

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Mini Religious News Roundup

…AKA “Some stuff I pulled out of my inbox.” Hey, I gotta get back in my groove somehow, don’t I? First up:…a couple of loose ends wrapped up. Beth Stroud writes to say thank you for this diary. Says...

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The Word For the Week

Genesis 1:1-2:4a The first chapter (and a little more) of the book of Genesis provide an embarrassment of riches for any preacher worthy of stepping into the pulpit. I could squeeze a year’s worth of columns out of this...

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Clergy Rally f/Filibuster

All right, so I had the conference call promised in last night’s diary. The organizers or participating organizations that I heard mentioned were the Reformed Association of Congregations, the UCC and UUA, the Interfaith...

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