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You Bet Your Ashes, You Are Beautiful!
There's an old Jewish saying that says that everyone should carry with them two notes – one in each pocket. In one pocket, the note...
Rev. Dr. Susan Strouse
Mar 4, 20194 min read
Magnificat! Means Dismantling Patriarchy
Did you know that in the 1800s, British authorities banned The Magnificat from being recited in church? And in the 1970s,...
Rev. Dr. Susan Strouse
Feb 26, 20193 min read
Forgiveness, Compassion and Justice: Bible Study that Doesn't Suck
A progressive bible study with two Lutheran pastors on what it means to love and forgive when there are big systemic issues of injustice....
Megan Rohrer
Feb 21, 20195 min read
#Me Too Goes to the Parliament of the World’s Religions
I’m finally getting around to putting down some of my many thoughts from being at The Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto. It...
Rev. Dr. Susan Strouse
Feb 20, 20193 min read
How the Great Wall of China Reminds us to Tear Down Our Walls
An excerpt from New Wonders: Lessons Learned on a Long Winding Road Getting There This is the beginning of the second leg of our tour....
Megan Rohrer
Feb 19, 20194 min read
How Sacred Waters Taught Me to Embrace Utopia When it Finds Me
An excerpt from Sacred Waters: How to Accept Blessings When they Find You In Thingvellier National Park in Iceland, you can snorkel or...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 16, 20193 min read
How Kissing the Blarney Stone Reminds us Why Worship Rituals Change with the Needs of the People
Churches throughout the ages have incorporated the rituals that are important to those in their neighborhood. I visited the Blarney...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 15, 20191 min read
How aloha can help you accept the differences of others and love better
Today I interviewed my friend Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell about her aloha praxis (faith put into action). Check out the video to learn how...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 14, 20191 min read
What the Snow Taught Me…
A few weeks ago, my little family went up to the mountains nearby for a cross country skiing weekend. Well, it rained and then it rained...
judith
Feb 13, 20192 min read
Holy Shirt! There's No Religion in 'The Good Place'!
According to the TV series The Good Place, my mother was right. Somebody really is keeping score. Mom used to tell me that God had a book...
Rev. Dr. Susan Strouse
Feb 12, 20193 min read
How to Show Transgender People you Love Them
As a transgender pastor and parent of a trans child, I am often asked how people can support the faith lives of trans individuals. My...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 11, 20193 min read
How a trip to Christ the Redeemer in Brazil can change your heart
An Excerpt from New Wonders: Lessons Learned at the End of a Long Winding Road, by Megan and Laurel Rohrer 10/22/14 Rio de Janeiro...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 9, 20192 min read
Bible Study that Doesn't Suck: God's Abundance
A reflection on Luke 5:1-11. #bible #abundance #beauty
Megan Rohrer
Feb 8, 20191 min read
The Rev. Dr. Amanda Zentz-Alo on Faith and Body Image
Check out this video of the Rev. Dr. Amanda Zentz-Alo talking about her faith and body. Her faith is informed by her participation in...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 6, 20191 min read
That time I was in Cosmo
I was in Wittenberg, Germany returning from the church where Martin Luther posted the 95 thesis when this video went viral. Earlier in...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 5, 20191 min read
Praying Around the World
Pastor Megan prays at Tienanmen Square, the Great Wall of China, the Temple of the Sun, the Taj Mahal in India the Temple of Buddha's...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 4, 20191 min read
How to Reclaim Your Faith
Religious Pain When I worked at a care center for kids age 3-12 I met a young boy who tried to kill himself 12 times. He was five years...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 4, 20193 min read
An Hallelujah for Epiphany
An Epiphany tune.... music by Leonard Cohen, lyrics by Cloverton. Worshipcast license 6400 #helpingothers #keepingthefaith...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 4, 20191 min read
A Prayer for Mass Shootings
This prayer is published in Prayers From Iceland God of healing and grief, We know that light dawns in a weary world, but we are too numb...
Megan Rohrer
Feb 4, 20191 min read
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