Today was the closing worship service at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium. This is a denominational youth event of both the PCUSA (the denomination I serve) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches. It takes place every three years at Purdue University in the heat of summer. I have been to every Triennium since 1998 and hope to…
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Perhaps you read Elizabeth Smart’s comments on human trafficking recently. As a 14 year old kidnapping victim, she connected her feeling of worthlessness after her abduction and sexual abuse, with an abstinence lecture she had heard. Here’s the quote that is getting all the traction: “I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh,…
This week, a friend shared an article on Facebook, Eleven Things You Might Not Understand About Your Minister. I was totally expecting to relate to this list. Because I can come up with eleven hundred things people don’t understand about me and what I do. But the list had almost no relation to my life,…
Today in worship, members of the Human Rights House Church of Southminster shared their reflections from participation at the Boise PRIDE festival in June 2013. This is the 3rd year our congregation has been at the rally, marched in the parade, and had a booth at the festival, passing out over 80 cases of free…
Here was the prompt this week over at Revgals while I was on vacation: “This week’s blog carnival topic is: What does Galship mean to you? The phrase was originally coined to refer to RevGal Fellowship–all the ways we build community, share our lives, support each other, and have fun. So blog about Galship–have you had…
My friend Robert asked the question, “how does the demise of DOMA affect my relationship with God?” And then he answered it with, “it doesn’t.” And I think more people need to consider why that is true. Because there is nothing in the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act that could possibly interfere with…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho June 30, 2013 1 Kings 19:1-15 Our text this morning picks up after quite an exciting story. Elijah takes on the prophets of Baal and Asherah, all 850 of them, and challenges them to a scene made for reality TV. Israeli Idol would be a…
Here is the prompt from over at RevGals. Whoosh! My calendar is packed. And June is almost gone! There’s the old saying, “Bad luck comes in threes” but I’ve decided that “Busy-ness comes in fives!” So this week we’ll take things five-at-a-time. Tell me: 1. Five flowers you’d like in a bouquet or in your…
Galatians 3:23-29 A sermon preached by Deanna Watson at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. June 23, 2013 There is a dichotomy between the two diverse pathways described in Galatians. Before Jesus, when we were bound by, and held in custody by the law. And then, when Jesus came, we were freed from the bondage…
This was originally published at There is Power in the Blog. In case you missed it there…. A good friend gave me a bumper sticker for Christmas. I love this bumper sticker with a love that isn’t holy. It is clever. It is true. It makes you think. It leads men to roll their eyes…
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