Life-Giving

Sermon podcast from May 12, 2019 (Mother's Day) at St. Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, IL. Acts 9:36-43. If the rules are used as a reason to exclude, then I'm an advocate of breaking those rules.

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"Life-Giving" podcast

Courageous Women

The i.ucc Bible study blog post from earlier this week (5 Heroes) is now Sunday's sermon! This week the congregation of Union Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Somonauk is worshipping at Sannauk Forest Preserve as part of our annual picnic.
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No "Courageous Women" podcast today -- I missed starting the audio recording on the camera at the beginning of the sermon. I did shoot some video for a local "All the People" commercial and there's some other video and audio stuff that I'll post her soon instead!

Women

Last week, at a Church Planting Conference, the pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle, Mark Driscoll, made (on video) what I think are some pretty degrading allusions (is that the right word?) about women in ministry. In the video, he kept talking about having the right MAN for church planting and at one point referred to women as "ladies" who love jesus (in a very "Men are totally superior to women" way.

I've been so bothered by this video. It did start a mini-fued between Driscoll and Bill Hybels. I'm really bothered because I don't think there should be any more debate or question as to whether women can and should be ministers. Women and men can both be ministers!

While I was lamenting the poison (did I say something caustic too?) Mr. Driscoll was spreading, I learned about this moving, uplifting and awe-inspiring video. It made me cry and it made me sing. Thank you, Jennifer.



ht to marko -- who I can ht again now that he's on his speaking sabbatical. I don't know why I can ht him again -- I just decided I could, so there.