7 Words: Facebook Pages and Defining your ‘Voice’

Old South Church in Boston’s Facebook page includes the usual updates on their shared life. But a creative, participatory project caught my eye. Borrowing from The Christian Century article “The Gospel in Seven Words,”  their Facebook page offered their own seven word summations of the Gospel from clergy and members alike over multiple days. From the Minister …

“A Level Place:” A Sermon for Election Day Communion

” A Level Place:” A Sermon for Election Day Communion Tuesday November 6, 2012, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Longmeadow MA  He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. They …

Election Day Communion: Social Media & Christian Unity

A nationwide witness to Christian unity during a season of political division began not by councils of churches or denominations, but 2 Mennonite pastors and a lay Episcopalian in a swing state.  Election Day Communion puts forth a compelling vision: on the day when our country feels the most divided, invite Christians to come to Christ’s …