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2025 Spring Wednesday Evening Programming
Scott’s Column: A Cold Night in Zurich
A cold night in Zurich. As historian William Estep describes it, "the chill of the winter wind [was] blowing off the lake" as a dozen men "slowly trudged through the...
Scott’s Column: Dark Years?
In the late nineties, American philosopher Richard Rorty predicted that in 2016 America would elect a strongman and enter into thirty dark years, but come out the other...
Scott’s Column: More on Awe
Often I get asked after a sermon, "What's that book you mentioned?" For our autumn series on Awe, the main text I've used is Dacher Keltner's Awe: A New Science of...
Scott’s Column: Gustavo Gutierrez
Earlier this year, Jurgen Moltmann died. He was the great living theologian, at least the greatest Protestant theologian in the post-Second-World-War-Era. And then...
Scott’s Column: How Are You Developing Your Leadership Skills?
How are you developing your leadership skills for our current times? That was one of the key questions of this year's Conversations gathering of United Church of Christ...
Scott’s Column: Two Titans
Last week two titans of the liberal Mainline Protestant churches died--theologian John Cobb and hymn lyricist Ruth Duck. About a dozen of Ruth Duck's hymns appear in...
Scott’s Column: Wicked
This last weekend was Wicked. I'm only playing with the slang use of the word from my youth. I really mean the opening of the new film version of the popular Broadway...
Scott’s Column: A Pastoral Word for Young LGBTQ+ People After the Election
For young people, particularly young LGBTQ+ people. I know that the election results have left you confused, sad, afraid, heartbroken, and angry. These are proper...
Scott’s Column: The AI Metaverse
Last week a handful of Nobel prizes went to people working in the fields of artificial intelligence. I just so happened to be reading a book on what's possible in an...