What Would Be Your First Commandment?
My first commandment, one that I strive, and often fail, to live up to, is to see and acknowledge the humanity of each person I meet.
Don’t Call It Christianity
I want a Christianity that welcomes and invites, not threatens and fears.
If I Were A Pastor
"If I were a pastor I’d speak of fire – not the fire of Hell or condemnation, but the fire of creation"
All You Need is (Real) Love
This love that costs everything and accomplishes everything is the one value that perhaps all faiths – and perhaps even those of no faith – all share.
Touching Eternity
Still, it’s enough, for these are the moments that invite us into that time that the Scriptures call “eternity.”
A child is never just a child
In the beginning was the word, we are told, / and this word became flesh / and our flesh, in turn, becomes words, / and words bear meaning to remind us / that a child is never just a child.
Let My People Vote!
I make a point of voting in every election, even though I know citizenship is about more than that.
The Gospel, and Immigration Crisis, According to the Grinch
JULY 23, 2014 | BY: MORF MORFORD -- Fans of the Dr. Seuss Christmas special are familiar with the Grinch whose heart was two...
What part of ‘Thou shall not kill’ do you not get?
JUNE 28, 2014 | BY: MORF MORFORD -- From the opening scenes of the Bible (Genesis 4:8) we see murder. In fact we see violence, destruction...