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Emily C. Heath
Emily C. Heath is senior pastor of the Congregational Church in Exeter, New Hampshire, and author of Glorify: Reclaiming the Heart of Progressive Christianity and Courageous Faith (both from Pilgrim Press). Heath's blog is part of the CCblogs network.
Surely, God is in Zoom worship (16A; Genesis 28:10-19a)
But that doesn't necessarily mean the sacraments belong there.
July 17, 2020
A reading that can be deadly (15A; Romans 8:1-11 )
This passage from Paul is one that has been used to inflict pain upon LGBTQ people.
July 10, 2020
July 19, 16A (Genesis 28:10–19a)
Sometimes we don’t see what’s right in front of us.
June 23, 2020
July 12, 15A (Romans 8:1–11)
What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?
June 16, 2020
Learning costly resistance from Bonhoeffer
Cheap resistance is like cheap grace. It risks very little.
June 7, 2018
The adversary incarnate? (Mark 8:31-38)
We can ignore the Satan stuff, or we can address it.
February 23, 2018
Sent out with words of approval (Mark 1:9-15)
The wilderness is hard enough. Kindness helps.
February 16, 2018
Ashes without glitter
I'm a queer Christian pastor, and I'll be using regular, old, boring ashes like always.
February 12, 2018
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February 14, Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17)
There are two sure things in life: death and sin.
January 17, 2018
Tomboys, trans folks, and the Times
Gender transitions can be lifesaving. But they're not the right path for everyone.
April 24, 2017
Trauma, trigger warnings, and making a little space
During the earliest years of my ministry I served as a hospital chaplain, shepherding both religious and non-religious patients and families through the worst days of their lives....
August 28, 2016
In defense of the church building
It seems like every week I hear someone in the wider church say, “You know, the church is more than the building.”...
August 14, 2016
Being they: God and nonbinary gender
We call God "Father" and "Mother" because children don't say "Parent, Parent." But what will my children call me?
August 3, 2016
Donald Trump and the gratitude gap
The realization came to me while watching the “Mothers of the Movement” speaking at the Democratic National Convention. These mothers of children who had died too young and too violently, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, and more, had come to Philadelphia to speak. Sandra Bland’s mom was leading them off with words of faith and grace.
And that’s when I thought about Donald Trump’s speech at his own convention last week, and about the overarching message of fear, intolerance, and negativity that has come to define his campaign.
July 27, 2016