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Marcus Borg

Remembering Marcus Borg: A Real Talker in the Wilderness

February 25, 2015
by Juliana Bateman
Evangelism, Personal Stories, Progressive Christianity, Reflections

About one month ago, we lost Marcus Borg. This is a significant loss for our community at The Church of the Village, A progressive United…

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HNN Panarama

The Richness of the Poor: What I’ve Learned from People Who Have Little

February 9, 2015
by Eileen Howard
Personal Stories, Reflections, Uncategorized

This is one of several reflections about what I learned working and worshiping with people who are poor economically, during my years as Minister of…

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Leelah

Being Epiphanies of Grace

January 1, 2015
by Elyse Ambrose Minson
Reflections

In this season of Epiphany, let us remember in a lasting way to be revelations, or epiphanies of God’s grace, to any who our churches have marginalized or considered less than, inherently “wrong,” or a “mistake.”

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Believe Out Loud Flag

PRIDE and Privilege: One Perspective of an ally at the NYC PRIDE March

June 30, 2014
by Elyse Ambrose Minson
LGBT Pride Month, Personal Stories, Reflections

Yesterday, I marched in my first ever PRIDE Parade. Until recently, I didn’t know that such a parade existed, and if I did, I probably…

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Pentacost Fire

Conversion Experiences

June 9, 2014
by Anne Hughes-Hinnen
Uncategorized

I grew up in Allentown, PA in a section of town called Midway Manor, which was a small, middle-class, lily-white community of red brick houses…

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A Reflection on my Native American Neighbors

A Reflection on my Native American Neighbors

May 3, 2014
by Katie Reimer
Personal Stories, Reflections

One person I have come to know since living in NYC is an Egyptian-American businessman I met who had started coming to my concerts in…

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Time to Repent: For Earth’s Sake

Time to Repent: For Earth’s Sake

April 17, 2014
by Melissa Hinnen
Lent Devotional, Reflections

  As a self-identified tree hugger, one of my favorite hymns is How Great Thou Art!: O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,…

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Running on Empty

Running on Empty

April 11, 2014
by Carlos R
Lent Devotional, Personal Stories, Reflections

Running on – running on empty Running on – running blind Running on – running into the sun But I’m running behind Everyone I know,…

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My Memories of Washington Square United Methodist Church 1981-2005

My Memories of Washington Square United Methodist Church 1981-2005

April 8, 2014
by Anne Hughes-Hinnen
Personal Stories

The Washington Square Church… the name still stirs in me a feeling of liberation, hope, radicalism and passion. Though I was never a member, several…

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Ritualizing Ongoing Conversation

Ritualizing Ongoing Conversation

April 4, 2014
by Katie Reimer
Personal Stories, Reflections

I have been thinking a lot about ritual these days.  It is a word that I have not thought about as much as related words like…

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