by Amy Butler | Jul 6, 2007 | Opinion
It’s a little dangerous for the preacher to get political, I know. It’s risky to speak truth to power, but the fact of the matter is, while government needs to keep itself out of institutional religion, our faith informs who we are as citizens of this...
by Amy Butler | May 25, 2007 | Opinion
The other day I was shaken into the reality of my own inability to see clearly. Again. In a moment of weakness I’d promised offspring Sammy I’d go with his class on a field trip. I’d been traveling earlier in the week and had conveniently forgotten...
by Amy Butler | May 21, 2007 | Opinion
There are days when I feel absolutely certain I have the weirdest job on the planet. I know that is probably not technically true, but I do have some pretty strange experiences at work. Sunday before last was no exception. I was preaching, as I usually do on Sunday...
by Amy Butler | Apr 20, 2007 | Opinion
Just add this one to the topics I must have missed in seminary: “horrible human disasters and how to deal with them.” Recent events at Virginia Tech have certainly affected the Calvary congregation. Specifically, three families in our church have members...
by Amy Butler | Aug 30, 2006 | Opinion
I myself am a little tired of the whole woman pastor debate, as it went on for a while on my personal blog a few weeks ago. I’m tired of it because debating rarely changes anybody’s mind and because I really–really–have more important things to...
