Community Congregational United Church of Christ
Stop the War
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the sity, he wept over it and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace-but not it is hidden from your...Read more
Authentic Happiness
Such people ask, “How can I be happy?” This is the wrong question, because without the distinction between pleasure and gratification it leads all too easily to a total reliance on shortcuts, to a life...Read more
Beyond a Fear-Based Life
When we live in fear, we focus all our attention on the point of danger and lose our capacity to find any courage, security or peace within ourselves. We become so obsessed by what threatens...Read more
The Road to Bethlehem
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
—W. B. Yeats
December 1, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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This I Believe
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
– Jean Jacques Rousseau
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
– Mother Teresa
Kindness is like snow, it...Read more
In Our Own Words
November 10, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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Original Blessing
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
—Thich Nhat Hanh
November 3, 2019
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Do Not Be Ashamed
Jesus’ insight was that it does not lie within the legitimate power of one human being to shame another, to cast that person out of the company of God and humanity.
—Stephen Patterson
October 27, 2019
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The Healing Present
You become happy by contact with reality. That’s what brings happiness, a moment-by-moment contact with reality. That’s where you’ll find God; that’s where you’ll find happiness.
—Anthony De Mello
October 20, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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The 39th Roger Williams Symposium
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God Calls Us To Be Justice Advocates—Together!
October 13, 2019
Guest speaker: Paul Benz, Executive Director of Faith Action Network
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Contemplation and Action
I founded the Center for Action and Contemplation, hoping to meet a need I witnessed while working with activists. Too many people I knew were burning out and becoming disillusioned, or their activism was motivated...Read more
Learning to See
Teach people to see.
-William Ellery Channing
September 22, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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The Myth of Scarcity
Forget Perfection. Asset-Based Thinking liberates you from the pointless need to strive for “perfection.” You realize that pursuit of perfection is not an asset, it’s a liability. For a change in the way you feel...Read more
Legacies We Leave and Receive
You have made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when you plant shade trees under which you know full well you will never sit.
—Elton Trueblood
September 8, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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Labor and Justice
The 21st General Synod reaffirms the heritage of the United Church of Christ as an advocate for democratic, participatory, and inclusive economic policies in both public and private sectors including…the responsibility of workers to organize...Read more
Equal Rites: Celebrating Gay Marriage
I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply on the inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole...Read more
Being Found
When Daisetz T. Suzuki was once asked, “What is Zen?” his answer was: “Zen is that which makes you ask the question, for the answer comes from where the question arises…”
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
August 4,...Read more
Bon Voyage!
In sacred deed, we echo God’s suppressed chant; in loving, we intone God’s unfinished song.
—Abraham Heschel
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
July 28, 2019
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When Your Liberation Draws Near
People will faint from fear and foreboding… Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
—Luke 21:26, 28
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
July 21, 2019
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The Blessing of Trials
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
July 14, 2019
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Interdependence Day
Appreciation of Interbeing
by: Thich Nhat Hanh
If you are a poet,
you will see clearly that there is a cloud
floating in this sheet of paper.
Without a cloud there will be no water;
without water the trees cannot grow;
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No War With Iran!
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
—Jesus
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
June 30, 2019
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We Are Sodom Now
I strongly urge us to use the term sodomy to refer to what it really is—oppressing and otherwise not giving a damn about the poor and the immigrants.
—Roger Wolsey
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
June 23, 2019
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Circles of Trust
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
June 16, 2019
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Faith vs. Fear
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
June 9, 2019
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Forget the Future
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
June 2, 2019
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Abortion is Not Murder
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
May 26, 2019
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Essential Faithful Practices
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
May 19, 2019
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The Destructive Myth of Meritocracy
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
May 12th, 2019
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Radical Grace/Absolute Demand
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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Immigration Sunday
April 28, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken and others
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Awakenings
April 21, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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Inherent Unmarketability
April 14, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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The Wild Presence of God
April 7th, 2019
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
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Letters to Prodigals by Debie Thomas
March 31, 2019
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Pain Management
March 24, 2019
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The Third Way of Jesus
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
March 17, 2019
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The Courage To Be Ourselves
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
March 10, 2019
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Fully Alive
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
March 3, 2019
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Beyond the Default Setting
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
February 24, 2019
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Inter-Spirituality
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
February 17, 2019
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Afterlife? An Alternative View
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
February 10, 2019
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Forgiveness
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
February 3, 2019
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What’s For Dinner?
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
January 27, 2019
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What Comes Out
Rev. Steve Van Kuiken
January 20, 2019
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Community Congregational United Church of Christ
525 NE Campus Avenue
Pullman, WA 99163
Phone: (509) 332-6411
Email: office@pullmanucc.orgWORSHIP Sundays, 10:30AM
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