lian’s articles, sermon nuggets, and conversation starters…
Growing up, my mother used to always advise me, “Son, better a lesson taught than a lesson bought.” The meaning is plain: mistakes are expensive, and it’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes than to make your own. So growing up I learned the easy way from folks that learned the hard way – […]
A piece written for the Forum for Theological Education’s “Disruptors” series, which appears on the “Patheos” site. A meditation on how we might get closer to the Logos of John 1:1…minus the words. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithforward/2017/10/logos-without-words/
This originally appeared in the University of Chicago’s “Sightings” publication, and was picked up by “On Being.” Here it is for you to read! https://onbeing.org/blog/julian-deshazier-hip-hop-job-and-the-black-struggle-for-being/
We are saddened to announce the death of Rev. Dr. Eugene Winkler, our beloved interim pastor from 2008-2010 and, as his son Jim put it, a “fearless advocate for social justice.” From being a founding member of Protestants for the Common Good to the very first contact that began our work with the trauma center […]
A scripture commentary featured on “On Scripture” (Odyssey Networks). Here’s a sample… “The young, black activists that want to abolish the police are as misunderstood as the rural, white activists that want to abolish equal rights for all, and both have more in common than we’d like to admit. There are reasons for this, of […]
*the following is a post from Rev. Charles Bayer, who was once pastor of UChurch and now shares his writing with people who happen to end up on his mailing list. For an 86-yo man, the consistency of dynamic thought is worth sharing, especially after this Election Season, which I have capitalized for some reason. […]
