Tag: inequality

A carol of joy

A carol of joy (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 1:46-55
December 24, 2017

You just heard “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” arranged and played by Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy.  I heard Natalie and Donnell in concert last Sunday afternoon at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.  They were joined by four other amazing musicians from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Cuba, and Ireland, and by five of their six children: Mary Frances, Michael, Clare, Julia, and Alec. … Continue reading ...

A dangerous God

A dangerous God (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 9:1-4, Matthew 4:12-17
January 26, 2014

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.  (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

“Seven out of ten people live in countries where economic inequality has increased in the last thirty years.”

Does it matter?

In our own country, we like to talk about the  current economic recovery, but ninety-five percent of the growth in wealth since the 2008 financial crisis has gone to the wealthiest one-percent of Americans, while, during that same period, the bottom ninety percent of the population has become poorer.… Continue reading ...