by Jay Eckman | Jul 1, 2020 | Pastoral Perspectives
Over the last few weeks, the phrase “this is a political issue” keeps coming up. As individuals and groups in our community try to express their experience, their longings, and their thoughts on racial violence and oppression. They are often met with dismissal and a...
by Jay Eckman | Jun 5, 2020 | Pastoral Perspectives
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once the hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with real pain. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Neither love...
by Jay Eckman | Mar 1, 2020 | Pastoral Perspectives
“Blessed is the one. . . who is like a tree planted beside streams of water, which yields its fruit in proper time, and its leaves never fall off. In all that they do, they prosper.” – Psalm 1 I am a fan of Jewish writings and literature. Over the...
by Jay Eckman | Jan 1, 2020 | Pastoral Perspectives
Freedom to Clean Let this same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself. -Paul, in Philippians 2:5-7 Christ chose not to...
