A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho and Boone Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Caldwell, Idaho February 23, 2014 Matthew 5:38-48 “There are six hundred passages of explicit violence in the Hebrew Bible, one thousand verses where God’s own violent actions of punishment are described, a hundred passages where Yahweh expressly commands…
This post was originally published at Revgalblogpals The Pastoral is Political. While the legislature has been in session in Idaho this winter, I’ve been more involved than I have been in the past. I’ve been frustrated by leadership in the Capitol who continue to refuse to allow Add the Words to have a hearing. Municipalities…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian in Boise, Idaho on Feb 16 by Marci Auld Glass. Deut 30:11-20 Matt 5:21-37 There are weeks when I wish it were clear and easy to follow Jesus, to know exactly what to do, what to say, how to treat each other, how to interact in the world, how…
Here’s a Valentine’s Day guest post for you from my friend Michelle Bartel After my divorce a couple of years ago, I realized we had not developed rituals in our marriage over those decades, and that is an odd way to live. Rituals are markers that draw us deeper into the beauty and delights that…
There seems to be some confusion in our political and cultural discourse lately about what, exactly, constitutes “religious freedom”. Rep. Lynn Luker had a bill before the Idaho legislature a few years back that he said was intended to protect religious liberty. “Republican lawmakers on the panel said they favored the bill to expand an…
Silence is not really my thing. I talk. For a living. I get in a pulpit and speak. I use my voice all the time. But today I participated in a silent protest at the Idaho State Capitol for Add the Words. There has been a campaign going for many years now to add 4…
I blogged about gun control a few days ago. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when the comment section turned into a battle ground. No one to blame but myself, really. People who wouldn’t normally read my blog found it because of the topic. One of them wrote on his own blog that he searches…
A number of my friends shared an interesting article on Facebook this morning about gun violence. It is a good article. BUT It, like many others I have read, treats the issue of gun violence as if data and information were the missing piece. It offers helpful maps, statistics, and other information. But we don’t…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on January 26, 2014 by Marci Glass. Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Luke 10:25-37 The Book of Leviticus gets its name from the Levitical priests who used it as a manual to help them in their worship plans, among other things. It is a book about worship.…
John 1:29-42 Isaiah 49:1-7 A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on January 19, 2014. Not all of the gospels bother to describe Jesus’ birth. But they all have accounts of his baptism. And when you can get Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John to agree on anything, even if the details are…
Glass Overflowing 