PLANTING SEEDS OF TRUST
A Sermon by Pastor Chico Martin
Lections: Isa 65:1-25; Gal 3: 27-29; Luke 8: 22-25
A week has now passed since the massacre in Orlando. How has this week’s passing changed our understanding of the event, of our society, the church?
The killer attended a mosque; his semi-automatic gunfire targeted its victims because they were gay.
The New England Annual Conference (UMC) began last week with speakers angrily attacking the church for perpetuating violence in society and particularly violence against the LBGTQIA community: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and asexual. Continue reading