Tag Archives: Open and Affirming

Through the Ages

Posted on May 31, 2026 by smaxreisert

Confession:  I’m an audiobook addict.  I listen to a lot of them, using two separate audiobook apps.  I listen to a wide variety of genres—detective stories, spy stories, police procedurals, literary fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, memoir, young adult, and even … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Put Aside the Rose-Colored Glasses

Posted on February 16, 2024 by smaxreisert

In the first church I served, as a student minister and then as the assistant pastor, way back in the early 1990s, I had the chance to experience a fairly wide range of the typical world of the local church … Continue reading →

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In These Difficult Days

Posted on March 4, 2019 by smaxreisert

The news from Christendom these days isn’t good. The seemingly endless parade of revelations from the Roman Catholic Church is heartbreaking and disturbing. The recent signs of serious rifts in the United Methodist Church are also distressing. The Southern Baptists, … Continue reading →

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