September 28, 2016 0 Community Action, Sermon Recap, Sermons by Patricia Calahan
One of my mother’s frequent exclamations when I was a child was, “How many times do I have to tell you?” This phrase was exclaimed whenever my siblings or I left lights on or laundry on the floor. I recalled this phrase as I studied Jesus’ parable about the rich man and Lazarus. I am struck […]
September 10, 2016 0 Community Action, Questioning Faith, Sermon Recap, Sermons by Patricia Calahan
Last Sunday, Philemon, the shortest book of the Bible, made it’s regular appearance in the Lectionary. This short letter has a dark history as it was historically used by slave holding Christians in the American South as evidence of God’s support for slavery. In this letter, they argued, Paul sent Onesimus, a runaway slave, back […]