Blog Archives: February 2021

POWER Interfaith Has Helped Philadelphia Move Toward Policies That Protect Black and Brown Bodies Note: The following is adapted from information on POWER Interfaith's website. You can read the original at https://powerinterfaith.org/campaigns/livefree/ The Headlines: Because of the work of POWER and our allies, Philadelphia is one step closer to establishing a new watchdog group for its police department. City Council is moving on legislation demanded by voters in November in a ballot initiative to create the Citizens Police Oversight ...

Since we've had so many new faces in church lately, we thought it was about time you meet someone whose face you usually don't see: Karen Bruhin, our church administrator. Karen has been our administrator since 2013, so she has definitely learned how our denominations work singularly and together here at the church. Like everything else, many of our regular office activities changed when the pandemic hit. Instead of having Karen in the office 5 days a week, she’s currently only in 3 days - Monday, Wednesday and Friday. She works ...

Please note: This article contains sexually explicit content. In our American culture, sex is pervasive in entertainment, media, and advertising. Yet so many have difficulty openly discussing sexuality. Our bodies were designed for pleasure, yet we have been indoctrinated by a culture that tells us that pleasure, desire, and sex are dangerous and taboo. Especially Christians. Especially women. And most especially,  Christian women. As a minister I want to help challenge cultural norms surrounding sexual health. I believe that sex-negative ...