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Articles and Sermons
On Bridging / Cross-divide Relations:
Melanie Geyer's Wisdom and the Messenger
Father Paul Feheley - (Episcopal) Homily at a Eucharist among members of Fidelity and Integrity in TorontoRon Chaplin writes: "As we waited for the community to gather, we were all in a state of anxious and somewhat fearful anticipation. What was about to happen?."
The Reverend Bunker Hill (Epicopal) "He came to be on the side of everyone"(Worship that Works) Jesus rains on our parade because we all want him to take up our cause and lead us where we want to go. But Jesus came, not to join in our parade, but to teach us to take up our cross and join in his parade.
"Mel White (MCC) Soul Force Seminar"(JusticeNet) He echoed the voices of all the Jewish prophets who proclaimed in the words of Micah: "What does God want from you? This is all of it. Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly with your God."
Confronting the Powers that Be: A Study Guide by Vern Rossman to accompany Walter Wink's The Powers That Be:
Theology for a New Millenium (Doubleday, 1998)
and Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Fortress Press, 1992)
From a SideA perspective:
Bishop Matthew H. Clark (Roman Catholic), Mass in Rochester (Samaritan) Rochester, N.Y. Mass for Gay and Lesbian Catholics, Families and Friends. Bishop Clark's Homily -- March 1, 1997.
Bishop Michael Ingham (Anglican) Speech in Toronto "We believe Jesus Christ continues to stand today with those who are outcast and abused because society has projected on to them the shadow of its own ambivalence and fears."
Patricia Nell Warren "The Right to Be Spiritual" "I got to thinking about all the "rights" being argued today. The right to marry. The right to attend school in safety. The right to express yourself. The right to have rights. But how about the right to be spiritual?"
Laura Montgomery Rutt "Creech is Back in the Pulpit"
Miscellaneous:
Henri Nouwen (Roman Catholic) - Excerpt from Return of the Prodigal Son "The Father is not simply a great patriarch. He is mother as well as father. He touches the son with a masculine hand and a feminine hand." Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal Son (Web Museum).
