Pastor's Message - October 2024
“The Word of God stands alone and is inerrant!” This is the mantra of so many selective literalists, dishonest folks who claim to follow...
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Pastor's Message - September 2024
Jesus was not a free-market Neo-liberal capitalist. Obvious, right? There were both small-hold and commodity economies in Galilee and...
Pastor's Message - August 2024
“Monty Python's Flying Circus” had flown long before I ever needed to shave, but their films were still coming out during my teenage and...
Pastor's Message - July 2024
We do not know how Jesus understood himself and his role in what we now call salvation. He left nothing in writing, and accounts of his...
Pastor's Message - June 2024
Years ago, I was active in university and community theater, including a stint as the Artistic Director of the historic Arden Shakespeare...
Pastor's Message - May 2024
We have not always had the best PR. There was that whole thing at Salem, a footnote in history until Arthur Miller mapped it onto the Red...
Pastor's Message - March 2024
I am sure none of us were surprised when Alexei Navalny died in a Russian gulag. After all, Vladimir Putin’s assassination squads had...
Pastor's Message - February 2024
And the Oscar goes to... not “Barbie.” I saw “Barbie.” I liked it, thought it clever, and it certainly spoke powerful truths about...
Pastor's Message - January 2024
A few days before Christmas, Linda at City Hall reached out to ask me what I wanted on my business cards. As a new City Council member,...
Pastor's Message - December 2023
In Times Such as This The image shows up in my social media news feed almost every day in recent weeks, three boys with clothing and...
Pastor's Message - November 2023
The Three Armies Problem At some point, most of you will have been presented with the Three Armies problem. In this exercise, you and...
Pastor's Message - October 2023
Pumpkin Spice Communion I knew I needed to knock off some of the business world's sharp edges before beginning professional ministry, so...
Pastor's Message - September 2023
There has been a lot of finger pointing. People have blamed clergy sex abuse scandals. They've blamed Sunday morning soccer. They've...
Pastor's Message - July 2023
You would have good reason to question my judgment. Who signs on the be a minister in an age of terrifying church decline? And it has...
UCC Historical Society and Afro-Christian Convention
The UCC Historical Society has recognized the Afro-Christian Convention as a vital "fifth" stream in our theological tradition, joining...
Pastor's Message - June 2023
White supremacists and Christian nationalists have bullied Target into pulling much of their Pride merchandise, and Anheuser-Busch InBev...
Pastor's Message - May 2023
In the days after the 2016 presidential election, reports of hate crimes surged across the country as misogynists, white supremacists,...
April 16, 2023 - Atheist Fundamentalism
Service of Word : Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 10 am Sermon Title: "Atheist Fundamentalism" Preached By: The Rev. J. Gary Brinn, Pastor and...
Friday, April 7, 2023 - Good Friday
Service of Word : Friday, April 7, 2023 at 6 pm Sermon Title: TBA Preached By: The Rev. J. Gary Brinn, Pastor and Teacher of The Park...
Pastor's Message - April 2023
I've always loved books. My sixth grade teacher often sent me down to the library on my own while she dealt with more reluctant readers....
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