This is the fourth in a series of personal reflections on the State of the Church in 2024. 4. As if all of that weren’t enough, there are other cultural trends and...
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Scott’s Column: In a Context of Crises
This is part three in a series of personal reflections on the State of the Church in 2024 3. Beyond the demographic trends, what else shapes the context in which we are...
Scott’s Column: Changing Religious Demographics in America
This is part two of a series of reflections on the State of the Church in 2024. 2. Even thirty years ago Mainline Protestantism was grappling with decades of decline. ...
Scott’s Column: The State of the ‘Big C’ Church
Normally in late December I begin working on my Annual Report and my State of the Church presentation for the Annual Meeting. Over the past year or so I've been trying...
Scott’s Column: Christology Against White Supremacy
So, like I did in the First Forum class last summer, I'll draw this exploration of some contemporary Christology to a close by focusing in on one particular thinker, J....
Scott’s Column: The Power to Transform Humanity
The great 20th century Russian Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov wrote that "All human beings will be resurrected without exception." Why? Because, as he draws...
Scott’s Column: Riffing on Christ
"The inability to articulate just how God was present in Christ and how that reality shapes the character of our life together destroys the very integrity of the...
Guest Preacher November 26
Our guest preacher for November 26 will be Pastor Darryl Brown, Jr. Pastor Brown is a healer by way of, but not limited to, author, sexual health educator, and...
Scott’s Column: Keeping Up
At a recent church Council meeting there was discussion about how we keep up with goings on in the community and engage our congregation. I mentioned that there are so...
Scott’s Column: Happy Allhallowtide!
Happy Allhallowtide! That's one of the formal names for this season in which the church remembers and honors the dead, made up traditionally of the three days of All...