In December of last year, the Kennedy Center Honors Program paid special tribute to Led Zeppelin as part of its annual show. And the highlight of that particular segment was the version of Stairway To Heaven led by Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart.  The Heart thing actually wasn’t so great; what was great was the song’s Read the full article…

Here’s why:  click on this link and watch the video. We played a slightly edited version of that bile-inducing footage during yesterday’s message.  As you might imagine, the response was shock and disgust. And, I suspect, in some quarters the reaction included some secret shame. That’s because we named the reality that men in church have Read the full article…

I’ve been wondering about some things that people may think but are hesitant to say.  Including me. Here goes . . . . 1.  If reversing 2,000 years of Christian teaching regarding sexual practice was the key to revitalizing the church as a whole, then the United Church of Christ would be thriving and Northpoint Community Church would Read the full article…

Some months ago, my cyber-friend John Meunier posted a marvelously brief summary of the heart of Wesleyan-Methodist thinking: All need to be saved.All can be saved.All can know themselves to be saved.All can be saved to the uttermost.Naturally, my first thought was, “that will preach!” followed by, “how can I pretend I thought of it first?”  But Read the full article…