OGHS 2009 Mission Report
We'll receive our One Great Hour of Sharing special mission offering this Sunday at the church. Here is the excellent 2009 Mission Report from One Great Hour of Sharing that tells some of the stories (including one I used in last Sunday's sermon and one I'll be using this Sunday) of what exactly your One Great Hour of Sharing dollars are being used for. To give online, just click here.
Pew Forum asks, "How religious is your state?"
I could play on this website all day. Not just because it is an attempt by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life to answer the question "How religious is your state?" but also because when you click on the interactive buttons it has this groovy animation for rearranging the states depending on their rank in different metrics. Awesome! And in case you were wondering, Arizona ranks 33rd, right behind Iowa and just ahead of Nevada.
Getting through to Glenn Beck
You've probably heard that conservative political pundit Glenn Beck recently told his listeners to leave any church that teaches social justice, and to report its pastor to church authorities. Sojourners Magazine thought it was a better idea to encourage Christians who believe in social justice to turn themselves in to Glenn Beck! Follow this link to send a letter straight to Glenn Beck explaining that you are a Christian who believes in the biblical call to social justice.
"You Are Accepted" by Paul Tillich
Paul Tillich is one of the most influential theologians of the last 100 years and I take great pride in the fact that I am a theological grandson of his (I studied directly under Clark Williamson who studied directly under Paul Tillich). This is one of Tillich's more famous sermons, reprinted in his book "The Shaking of the Foundations." In talking about grace in this Sunday's sermon, I couldn't help but take a sizable quote from Tillich's own words...because I could not say it any better.
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