Freedom to Offer Pastoral Care

Freedom to Offer Pastoral Care

Rev. Rebecca Voelkel worked with Rev Susie Hayward to get the Federal goverment to allow access to pastoral care for detained individuals. The MN Conference of the UCC was a plaintiff. Rebecca was a sworn declaration and was with T. Michael in the courtroom. NEWS...
Break Open and Repent, My Fellow White Christians

Break Open and Repent, My Fellow White Christians

Originally published in The Huffington Post on June 23, 2015. I was supposed to be writing a different sermon when I saw the news that 9 more lives had been lost to white supremacy in Charleston last week. As a white pastor of a predominantly white church in the...
CHURCH SEPARATES FROM STATE WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE

CHURCH SEPARATES FROM STATE WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE

When members of Lyndale United Church of Christ in Minneapolis realized that they all believed it was unfair that straight couples can legally marry and gay couples can’t, they decided to demonstrate their solidarity. The congregation of 135 active members,...