BLUE IN A RED STATE: Papers and Articles

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156422542011-08-16T15:03:28.413-04:00BLUE IN A RED STATE: Papers and Articlesmy papers and articlesAndy Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490449811588272391noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642254.post-1158591954426400062006-09-18T10:55:00.000-04:002006-09-25T10:21:42.043-04:00'Who do you say that I am?'

Sermon preached at Emmanuel United Church of ChristAkron, OhioSeptember 17, 2006Andrew G. LangReadings:Proverbs 1:20-33Mark 8:27-38Listen for the Word of God in the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 8, beginning at the 27th verse:Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John

Andy Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490449811588272391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642254.post-1124804623138912912005-08-23T09:20:00.000-04:002005-09-25T21:25:44.406-04:00Welcoming the stranger

"God is still speaking,"—the identity and advertising campaign of my church, the United Church of Christ—has invited churchwide theological reflection about the Christian vocation of hospitality. What does it mean to welcome others with open arms, into your church and your life? The following was my contribution: a brief meditation on the stories in the Gospel according to John about Jesus' first

Andy Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490449811588272391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642254.post-1124643496001207582005-08-21T12:58:00.002-04:002011-04-28T21:44:55.125-04:00Does God have a plan for same-sex relationships?

The war between prohibitionist and liberationist approaches to the problem of homosexual relationships has reached an impasse. Is there a "Third Way" grounded in scripture and tradition that brings same-sex partners into the moral structures of the Christian community? This paper, published on the Andover Newton Seminary website, argues that there is. Please note: I recognize that this paper is

Andy Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490449811588272391noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642254.post-1125006457433351402005-08-01T17:36:00.000-04:002006-07-19T22:37:57.080-04:00Fifty years ago, gays were still dying in camps

by Andy LangGay People's Chronicle (Cleveland, Ohio)June 9, 1994Fifty years ago, they were still dying in German prisons and concentration camps.American, British and French troops were striking into Normandy. The Red Army was driving toward Warsaw. The Nazi empire was crumbling at its edges—but in the interior of Germany, the industrial machinery of the SS penal system was still operating at

Andy Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490449811588272391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642254.post-1126647644295055892005-07-29T17:26:00.000-04:002005-09-14T00:39:58.236-04:00At least 25 churches ordain homosexuals

Global trend: World's oldest Protestant churches now ordain gays and lesbiansby Andy LangUnited Church NewsJune 2002The United Church of Christ was a minority of one 30 years ago when the Rev. William R. Johnson became the first openly gay man ordained to Christian ministry.The ordination was controversial. Critics wondered if the UCC was taking a risk that endangered its relationship with other

Andy Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490449811588272391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642254.post-1126648150495421792005-07-28T17:45:00.000-04:002005-09-13T17:51:44.760-04:00Hanns Eisler in the McCarthy Era

Hanns Eisler's persecution by the House Committee on Un-American Activties (HUAC) is more than a footnote in U.S. political and cultural history. Eisler—living in Malibu, California, and supporting himself by writing film scores for Hollywood studios—was the first target of HUAC's probe of alleged Communist subversion in the motion picture industry and the first victim of the notorious "blacklist

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