by theRevCK | Nov 8, 2016 | Reflection, Religion
For the past two months, instead of a teeny headshot of myself showing up various places on social media, a thumbnail image of Lord Shiva, a Hindu manifestation of the Divine, appeared next to my posts. I?m not Hindu. I?m a Jesus-loving liberal Christian pastor. It?s...
by theRevCK | Jul 4, 2015 | Current Events & Culture, Reflection, Religion
These past two weeks, I’ve had lines from a chirpy children’s choir song in my head. Freedom isn’t free… (bum, bum, bum, buh) Freedom isn’t free… (bum, bum, bum, buh) You’ve got to pay the price, you’ve got to sacrifice,...
by theRevCK | Dec 28, 2014 | Love and Life, Reflection, Religion
You can keep Santa. Now the presents are unwrapped, and in some cases returned, I won’t be ruining Virginia’s Christmas or anyone else’s by confessing: I love Christmas, but you can keep Santa. I wrote off the jolly old elf once and for all after...
by theRevCK | Oct 1, 2014 | Religion
(A version of this post appeared in a sermon preached August 17, 2014 at?Faith United Church of Christ, Richmond Heights, Ohio ~theRevCK) I rolled my eyes in church last month. I?m not exactly proud of it. I was packed into a cathedral with no air conditioning. As a...
by theRevCK | Feb 14, 2014 | Love and Life, Reflection, Religion
From a letter written by Paul to some Jesus-followers in Corinth (I Corinthians 13): 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...
by theRevCK | Jan 8, 2014 | Love and Life, Reflection, Religion
We know job loss in Cleveland. A story in today’s Plain Dealer?grimly declares that we’re leading the nation, for the seventh month in a row, despite economic recovery. (Perhaps this is why researchers also found Ohio to be the sweariest state in the...
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