This week’s submission is from Rev. Houston Burnside Sr. who’s been a Baptist preacher and a college professor. He is also a friend of mine. I hope you enjoy his article. – Pastor Dan. Jerry was blind – blind from birth. He was about my age. He, along with my new 18-year-old fiancé and I,…
You are so blessed – and at The Met, we want to remind you how much God loves you! We are about building a VIP church – one that is “Vibrant, Inclusive and Progressive.” Today, I honor our deaf community – saying we are all important in the realm of God. I love the greeting…
What a great time of the year to be reminded of all the blessings we have! God has given us so much. If you stop and count your blessings, you’ll be amazed at how blessed you are compared to most of the world we live in today. And it is out of the abundance of…
Thank you for being lifesavers There’s a cartoon showing a crazed man being led away from a church in a straightjacket. On the steps of the church building the preacher comments to another, “I’m going to miss Harold – he volunteered for everything.” As humorous as that cartoon is, there are many people who believe it’s…
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 1140 (Religious Freedom in Marriage Solemnization), authored by Sen. Mark Leno and co-sponsored by Equality California and California Council of Churches IMPACT. The new law, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2013, reaffirms the freedom of clergy to make faith-based decisions regarding which marriages they solemnize and…
This week’s submission is from a congregant of MCC San Diego, Tim Gibson. His powerful insight in discovering God while walking in nature is refreshing and inspirational. Enjoy! Pastor Dan “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the things itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you…
I grew up in a theology where everything was black and white. There was a line that was drawn and if you crossed it, you were going to heaven or going to hell. There was a song I used to sing as a little boy in Sunday school – “One door and only one and…
This week’s article is written by Rev. Houston Burnside Jr. He writes a powerful message of life before and after an “operation gone bad” that left him in a wheelchair. Let his story encourage you – no matter what you may be facing in your life. “Throughout our lives we confront circumstances that seem to…
A few years ago, James Patterson and Peter Kim surveyed America and tabulated the results. The results were given in their book called The Day America Told the Truth. In the chapter dealing with America’s religious beliefs, they shared that 90 percent of the people questioned said that they truly believed in God. Yet, they…
INDIANAPOLIS – The Episcopal Church has approved a new liturgy for blessing same-sex unions, two proposals adding gender identity and expression to the Church’s nondiscrimination canons for ordained ministry and in the “life, worship, and governance of the Church,” and a resolution supporting legislation for equal immigration rights for same-sex couples. The votes took place…
