Communal Responsibilties

Welcome to a new Brown Memorial! Our first normal start to the year since 2019. The pandemic has finally, officially been pronounced as over (though I know the coronavirus is still very much with us so do what you need to do to stay safe). &nb...

Back to the Future

I was working with Isaiah’s grand vision of the future in a coffee shop on the day after Thanksgiving when this song came over the sound system – [sing “Let It Snow”]. I find it difficult to look forward to the future in a season that has become m...

Shakedown

The book of Haggai is just two chapters long, so the prophet doesn’t waste any time getting to the point. The exile is over. We’re all back living in our homeland. And yet the temple still lies in ruins. Lots of effort has gone into rebuilding the hom...

Where’s the Miracle?

This is one of those miracles most church-going types know. It is one of those strange Jesus moments that reminds us that he wasn’t all about curing the sight of the blind and resurrecting people from the dead, although those miracles are powerful in th...

Complete Joy

Not too long ago, a friend who is a Republican, immediately captured my imagination when he told me that his parents refused to support Ronald Reagan as President. “That’s odd,” I told him. “Reagan was very popular with most Republican...

Look at This!

At the heart of the human condition lies a nagging discontent. Adam and Eve have everything they need, an abundant paradise filled with all sorts of exotic fruits and foods—until the serpent arrives and inflames that part of us that drives our dis...

Power in Weakness

Someone said to me recently “I know this is terrible theology, but what do you think God is trying to teach us through the current political climate?” It was a good question not because I think God send misfortune on people – we have taken care of t...

If God Were in Charge

If God were in charge, violence would be put down. We wouldn’t have to worry about youth with nothing to do, corruption in the police department, kids dropping out of school. If God were in charge, we wouldn’t be in the political mess that...

Nibs Stroupe protesting with Black Lives Matter supporters.

Rev. Nibs Stroupe to Preach Nov. 26

We are blessed to have Nibs Stroupe (father of Brown Memorial member Susan Stroupe) scheduled to preach with us on Nov. 26, 2017. Rev. Stroupe retired in 2017 after almost 34 years as pastor of READ MORE >

Decision Time

I was 7 years-old when I first “made a decision for Christ.” I walked down the aisle of the little Baptist church where we lived in rural South Carolina and declared Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. It was unusual for someone so young to be makin...

Up close photo of a maple tree with Brown Memorial in the background.

Brown Memorial Joins One Water Partnership

Brown Memorial’s new “Green Team” has received a $1,000 grant from Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake to participate in its One Water Partnership program, along with more than a dozen other cong...

Jesus: The Unauthorized Version

“It happened one too many times,” Katherine Schneider begins in her blog written nearly 14 years ago. “My seeing eye dog and I went to church and heard another totally uninspiring homily about John 9, the story of the man born blind. It co...

It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane!

Superman II has not aged well. I don’t believe this is a very controversial statement. If you disagree with me, then I need to ask, “When was the last time you watched Superman II?” If your answer has anything to do with a VHS cassette then I res...

The Body of Christ

If “diversity” had been a buzzword in the Apostle Paul’s day, then Corinth would have set the definition. Corinth had everything. Temples, Greek and Egyptian shrines, Jewish synagogues and the Roman imperial cult. Corinth had a reputation for having...

Race, Justice, and Dreams

Isaiah speaks in the future tense. I will not keep silent. The nations will see your vindication. You will be a crown of splendor. You will be called Hephzibah – My Delight is in Her, and Beulah – married. A wedding is all about the future. A future t...

Learning How to Love from Evangelicals, Recovering Alcoholics, and Jesus

It’s often said that the God of the Old Testament is an angry, vengeful God while the God of the New Testament is loving and kind.[1] Jesus is the loving, gentle, caring one; the flow-y-haired father-figure from the ...

Andrew Foster Connors addresses gun violence

Andrew Foster Connors spoke out about gun violence during an appearance Dec. 7 on the Baltimore Sun’s podcast, “Roughly Speaking,” with Dan Rodricks. Andrew has signed on with Do Not Stand Idly By, a campaign of the READ MORE >

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