Maxwell Grant
@revmax.bsky.social
United Church of Christ pastor
Congregational Library and Archives Board
and all around nice fella
Mostly sermons: www.maxgrant.net
Congregational Library and Archives Board
and all around nice fella
Mostly sermons: www.maxgrant.net
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You’re invited to help us celebrate the opening of “Sacred Rebellion,” our new in-person exhibition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, at 14 Beacon on April 4th from 5:30-7 pm EDT.
Learn more and RSVP at congregationallibrary.org/events/sacre...
Learn more and RSVP at congregationallibrary.org/events/sacre...
February 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You’re invited to help us celebrate the opening of “Sacred Rebellion,” our new in-person exhibition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, at 14 Beacon on April 4th from 5:30-7 pm EDT.
Learn more and RSVP at congregationallibrary.org/events/sacre...
Learn more and RSVP at congregationallibrary.org/events/sacre...
Tomorrow's sermon--Jerry McGuire, the Boswell Papers, and the Apostle Paul.
Sermon: Complete Love (Sermon 3 of 4 on 1 Corinthians 13)
We’ll begin this morning with two brief suggestions of what it is to be “complete,” one explicitly about love and the other, not. We’ll start with the one about love. It’s from th…
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February 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tomorrow's sermon--Jerry McGuire, the Boswell Papers, and the Apostle Paul.
I'm totally giving this a whirl.
Great finds! But... a 198 page speech? 😲
Pastors and professors, anyone want to give something that long a try with your congregation or class and report back on how it goes?
Pastors and professors, anyone want to give something that long a try with your congregation or class and report back on how it goes?
The @congrelib.bsky.social launched a project to inventory all of print holdings starting in January. Lots of discoveries, like William Everett’s manuscript historical address for the 300th anniversary of Puritan poet John Milton’s birth. At 198 pages long, attendees were in for a heck of a talk!!
February 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'm totally giving this a whirl.
Redeem the season! Tune in with everyone you love!
Don’t finalize your Valentine’s/Galentines’ week plans without registering for our 2025 Cotton Mather Lecture on Feb. 12 at 1 pm EST. Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be discussing Cotton’s granddaughter Hannah Mather Crocker, an 18th century advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
Please join us on February 12th at 1 pm EST for our 3rd annual Cotton Mather Lecture.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
January 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Redeem the season! Tune in with everyone you love!
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There was an earthquake in New England this morning, you say?
We've got a sermon (ok, a lot of sermons) for that!
We've got a sermon (ok, a lot of sermons) for that!
January 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There was an earthquake in New England this morning, you say?
We've got a sermon (ok, a lot of sermons) for that!
We've got a sermon (ok, a lot of sermons) for that!
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A sermon mentioning people not liking what they hear at a church service because I've heard about things like that. maxgrant.net/2025/01/25/s...
Sermon: Closed to God? (Luke 4:14-30)
Back in the early 90s, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward did a movie together that I’ve always liked, called “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.” They played an old married couple, which, of course, they wer…
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January 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A sermon mentioning people not liking what they hear at a church service because I've heard about things like that. maxgrant.net/2025/01/25/s...
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What does it mean to be a Christian in these times
What does it mean to be a Christian in these times?
We have a cross at the center of our faith, and we need to start acting like...
www.christiancentury.org
January 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What does it mean to be a Christian in these times
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Hi, Bluesky! 👋 We're new here, but our collection began over 150 years ago. Follow along to learn how the 400+ year Congregational story is the American story.
December 31, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Hi, Bluesky! 👋 We're new here, but our collection began over 150 years ago. Follow along to learn how the 400+ year Congregational story is the American story.
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According to the Preface, Ussher's Of the Power of the Prince was not published in his lifetime is that the good archbishop set the manuscript down on his desk with his other papers and could never find it again as long as he lived.
Relatable.
www.google.com/books/editio...
#c17 #philosophy
Relatable.
www.google.com/books/editio...
#c17 #philosophy
December 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
According to the Preface, Ussher's Of the Power of the Prince was not published in his lifetime is that the good archbishop set the manuscript down on his desk with his other papers and could never find it again as long as he lived.
Relatable.
www.google.com/books/editio...
#c17 #philosophy
Relatable.
www.google.com/books/editio...
#c17 #philosophy
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Amazing animation. But also note the relative proportions of people shipped as slaves to the Caribbean and Brazil, compared to North America, which was a great surprise to me.
This may still be one of the most eye opening thing I have students watch/read in this class:
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This Haunting Animation Maps the Journeys of 15,790 Slave Ships in Two Minutes
By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the end of the 19th century, Europeans had enslaved and transported more than 12.5 million Africans.
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December 18, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Amazing animation. But also note the relative proportions of people shipped as slaves to the Caribbean and Brazil, compared to North America, which was a great surprise to me.
Reposted by Maxwell Grant
In "You Can't Make It Up," last night was also SantaCon in NYC. It's not as awful as it probably sounds: it's worse.
December 15, 2024 at 10:37 PM
In "You Can't Make It Up," last night was also SantaCon in NYC. It's not as awful as it probably sounds: it's worse.
In what was maybe the most un-Congregationalist thing I have ever done, I attended the veneration of the relics of St. Thomas Aquinas in NYC last night (they were visiting from Toulouse). What was that? Not sure. But I know the Angelic Doctor's words have been powerful for me over the years.
December 15, 2024 at 10:32 PM
In what was maybe the most un-Congregationalist thing I have ever done, I attended the veneration of the relics of St. Thomas Aquinas in NYC last night (they were visiting from Toulouse). What was that? Not sure. But I know the Angelic Doctor's words have been powerful for me over the years.
In the category of "Diane Keaton Christmas Movies," I think I liked "Love the Coopers" more than "The Family Stone." I invite your opinion.
December 7, 2024 at 9:48 PM
In the category of "Diane Keaton Christmas Movies," I think I liked "Love the Coopers" more than "The Family Stone." I invite your opinion.
Tomorrow's sermon: what's up with the UFO theme on Christmas cards...and what does it actually get right about Christmas?
Sermon: Christmas as Close Encounter (Luke 21; Jeremiah 33)
Have you started receiving Christmas cards yet? We got the first ones yesterday, unless you count that tire shop in Riverside. We got theirs just after Halloween. If yo…
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November 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Tomorrow's sermon: what's up with the UFO theme on Christmas cards...and what does it actually get right about Christmas?
This will be terrific -- highly recommend
Christmas with the Congregationalists 2024: A Collections Tour | Congregational Library & Archives
www.congregationallibrary.org
November 18, 2024 at 6:38 PM
This will be terrific -- highly recommend