This week is the 38th wedding anniversary for my dad and stepmom. I celebrate their love! For most of their married life they have “shared” a house with cats. (Notice I said shared – because for those of you who are cat people, you know it’s people who are the guests in their house!) When…
It is not stretching the truth to say here at The Met we have the best volunteers on the planet. Today is about celebrating our volunteers. Perhaps better said, we want to celebrate what God is doing through our volunteer ministers. From graphic arts, to putting the Keeping in Touch cards in the chairs, to…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, has announced the premiere of the film Before God: We Are All Family Oct. 1 at the GALA Hispanic Theater in Washington, D.C. The film tells the story of five religious Latino families…
Once in awhile there are special occasions that are cause for great celebration! We, at MCC San Diego, recently had the privilege of ordaining Alisan Rowland into full-time ministry. I first met Allie in 1997 when I came to this church. Allie was singing in the choir – she has a beautiful smile that brightens…
It has been said that there are few passages in the entire Bible that have had a greater impact and transformed more lives than this story from Matthew 25. Many progressive biblical scholars agree that the story may not even be from Jesus, but is from the followers of Jesus in Matthew’s community of faith….
In our scripture reading for this morning, Paul is obviously very much in love with the Thessalonian congregation. Listen how he begins his letter with these affirming words, “We always give thanks to God for all of you, and constantly pray for you … remembering your work of faith, labor of love and steadfastness of…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today denounced an anti-transgender op-ed by Russell D. Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The op-ed, which stems from California AB 1266, legislation ensuring transgender students in California’s schools are treated fairly, says being transgender is “a revolt against God’s…
My heart is full this morning. Every experience we go through changes us. Every interaction we have affects us. I was gone one Sunday and so much has happened! Can you say marriage equality? Congratulations to Gabe and Wes (first Wednesday walk-in) and everyone else married in the last several weeks! Not only is your…
The continuation of the celebration of marriage equality feels good – as evidenced by a record-breaking Pride attendance! It feels like finally justice acted on behalf of marriage equality and for many of us, it’s very personal. It feels as if justice were enacted on our behalf. But what about the times when we feel…
You know, many people believe in reincarnation – in one way or another. Did you know that the car you’re driving may have had a previous life in another form? True! Decades ago it became scary how fast the mountains of junk cars were piling up; hundreds of millions of them! Finally, it occurred to…
