Pastor Bill's Blog
Welcome to Pastor Bill Uetricht's Blog! He looks forward to sharing his thoughts with you regarding the life of our congregation and our work in the world.
A couple of weeks ago in a sermon about Jesus' parable of the weeds and the wheat, I spoke about religion's temptation to make life about purity.
Too much of religion is about knowing too much.
Suspicion of the other, especially of the foreigner, is normal, since the other threatens our sense of place and what justifies our existence.
Although we live in a remarkably individualistic culture, it's very clear to me, nonetheless, that belonging is an integral part of being human.
I like these words from Matthew Hester: "How many of us grew up hearing that Christianity was mostly about getting people to heaven?