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In July of 2011, Rev. Dr. Nancy Petty, pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, took a stand that few other pastors have taken. She refused to sign marriage licenses for heterosexual couples until same-sex couples can legally marry in her state of North Carolina. With Rev. Dr. Petty’s leadership, the congregation voted unanimously in November […]
“Our Bible contains lots more images and metaphors for God than the official, orthodox Trinitarian formula,” Rev. Dr. Rebecca Kiser proclaims in a powerful sermon on Holy Wisdom. “God is indefinable in human thought and language, so we end up using many names to try and capture the hugeness, the awesome enormity, the variety of […]
Christina Cavener Creating a Path Toward Liberation! O Spirit-Sophia… We long to begin a spirituality of new-found wholeness. Guide us toward liberation. We thirst for fulfillment in new ways. Guide us toward liberation. We need to believe that we are made in the image of God. Guide […]
On this mountain the Holy One will provide for all peoples . . . She will destroy The veil that veils all peoples . . . She will wipe away The tears from all faces; The disgrace of Her people She will remove . . . This is the Holy One for whom we looked; […]
Rev. Sheila Sholes-Ross has a big vision! She envisions multicultural churches with women and men sharing equally in leadership and with multicultural Divine Feminine imagery included. Sunday morning at 11:00 continues to be the “most segregated time of the week,” many years after this indictment by Dr. Martin Luther King. Rev. Sholes-Ross intends to […]