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BOOK REVIEW: The Art of Dying: Living Fully Into The Life To Come

August 18, 2010
By Heber Brown, III
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I remember it like it was yesterday. It wasn’t too long ago, but the emotional roller coaster was so terrifying that I’ll not soon forget the experience. I was in my first year of pastoring sitting at a Christian convention meeting at a West Baltimore church. The meeting portion of the mid-day program had...
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Anne Rice Quits Christianity And Why I’m Thankful That She Did

August 5, 2010
By Heber Brown, III
Anne Rice Quits Christianity And Why I’m Thankful That She Did

This past Sunday in my sermon I couldn’t resist raising for my congregation’s consideration, the public “resignation” of Anne Rice from Christianity. The best-selling author of many vampire tales announced on her Facebook page last week that she was done with the Faith. She said: “Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I...
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Pastor John Hagee: Minister of Apartheid

July 5, 2010
By Heber Brown, III
Pastor John Hagee: Minister of Apartheid

Casual study of some of the major state-sponsored atrocities of history will reveal that oftentimes there was religious representation somewhere in the mix that attempted to provide theological sanction for the vicious brutality being enacted on others. Somebody who claimed to speak in the name of God, provided “permission” or spiritual cover that would...
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Posted in Christian, Clergy, Culture, Faith &/or Religion, Faith and war, Free Your Mind, International Focus, Israel, Palestine, Pastor John Hagee, Politics, Religion, civil rights, liberation theology, preacher | 1 Comment »

My Palestine/Israel Diary – Tuesday, May 25, 2010

May 26, 2010
By Heber Brown, III
My Palestine/Israel Diary – Tuesday, May 25, 2010

As I type this, I’m sitting on the roof of a hostel in the breeze of a cool Jerusalem night. My group has recently retired for the evening after a long two days of travel. I’m here in East Jerusalem with a delegation from Interfaith Peace Builders - an organization that focuses on education...
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Posted in Beloved Community, Christian, Culture, Faith &/or Religion, Faith and war, Free Your Mind, Freedom!, International Focus, Islam, Israel, My Story, Palestine, Poverty, Religion, Social Justice, activist, civil rights | 3 Comments »

Thinking Differently About Church Organization

May 18, 2010
By Heber Brown, III

One of the first things that I was told when it was known that I would become a pastor was to read the church bylaws. Second to scripture (and in some churches more importantly than the Holy Scriptures) the church bylaws provide information as to how a particular community of Faith chooses to organize...
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