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About to be in a new place …

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Pastor Kris

Work in the gun violence movement can be a series of starts and stops. Times of exciting momentum and stretches of what can seem like standing still.    GVP activists often say that this is a marathon, not a sprint.  … Continue reading →

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Orange Walk December 2015 Opening Prayer

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Pastor Kris

You are a God who is present with us in the world as it is, and you are a God who challenges us to be agents of positive change in that world. Continue reading →

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Really? this is what we’re talking about?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Pastor Kris

The following is a Letter to the Editor published in the Sunday Plain Dealer.  The title is theirs — “Keep guns out of day-card centers”.  After the initial good feeling that my letter was published, I had this knot in … Continue reading →

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Gun Violence: It’s a simple math problem.

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Pastor Kris

Source: Gun Violence: It’s a simple math problem.

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Remembering Hurricane Katrina …

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Pastor Kris

I’d never been so dirty and I’ve not been that tired since. Even an air mattress with a slow
leak and the sounds of 15 people snoring throughout the church could not have kept me awake. Continue reading →

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On any given day (a continuing series) …

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Pastor Kris

I cannot believe that God intends for us to be so afraid of each other – especially those-ce846ccc6cef2630 who do not look like us – that we must be armed at all times. What kind of gun would Jesus carry? He wouldn’t. This kind of talk is not Jesus talk.

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On any given day …

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Pastor Kris

On any given day …
The US firearm homicide rate is 20 times higher than the combined rates of 22 developed nations that are our peers in wealth and population.
There could be a school shooting. Somewhere. There have been over 100 since Sandy Hook 21/2 years ago. Continue reading →

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I will make a difference …

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Pastor Kris

We cannot smile and applaud them on Saturday only to go home and ignore this issue until this time next year. We cannot unhear the names of these children who have died. We cannot close our eyes without seeing these brave young people whose shaking hands held the microphone. Continue reading →

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Already? ‘Cause I’m still working on it …

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Pastor Kris

Reading the newspaper every morning has been a practice of mine for my entire adult life.  Strong, black coffee to accompany the reading is essential.  Nothing has changed about that in retirement, except much of the reading is now done … Continue reading →

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All I Really Want is …. Joy

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Pastor Kris

[excerpts from a sermon preached at Disciples Christian Church on Sunday, Dec. 14 on the 2nd anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings and the Third Sunday in Advent when we traditionally light the Joy candle.  The text is from the … Continue reading →

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