United Congregational Christian Church

Tag: peace

  • Remember [Sermon]

    I recently read some advice on how to be successful. I wonder whether that really works.I don’t think it would be helpful in making friends.Well, not real friends. Let’s go to God in prayer.God of wisdom, may the words that I speak, and the ways they are received by each of our hearts and minds,…

  • Jesus Brings Division? [Sermon]

    The national business meetings of both of our denominations were last month. The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) had their General Assembly in Memphis Tennessee, and the United Church of Christ had their General Synod. At these meetings there are resolutions passed: some resolutions make changes to how the denomination works, and some are resolutions…

  • Expect Peace [Sermon]

    Expect Peace [Sermon]

    I’ve been thinking about peacekeeping lately. I looked it up. Right now the United Nations has eleven peacekeeping missions. That’s more than I thought. There are missions in Kosovo, Western Sahara, India and Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel-Palestine. That’s a lot of peacekeeping.…