<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ]]></title><description><![CDATA[scucc]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:20:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sanibelucc.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[United in Christ. In Community. In Caring.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rebirth of a brand is one of the most exciting yet challenging opportunities any organization can take. A new brand is an opportunity for an entity — like our church — to be born again, imagined anew, creating fresh and contemporary energy for what we stand for, what we offer our community, and why all our welcome to join us, today and into the future. There are three goals for this brand: Grow the church among all age groups, especially families with kids, younger adults and inclusives....]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/united-in-christ-in-community-in-caring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aeb71bf9a8c4986eb174672</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:21:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_b99d8a32602f44a799cddeb422b7b50c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_494,h_307,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>JohnSprecher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Many Books, Magazines, Online Articles, Newspapers...So Little Time!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently got a notice wrapped around a magazine that I subscribe to warning me that this might be my "final issue" unless I renew my...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/04/02/so-many-books-magazines-online-articles-newspapersso-little-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f2f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_796eec30ff7248408e62f6d1c96e3ba3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_270,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>the Rev. Dr. John H. Dannerner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Knowing Your Name]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most popular television shows of all time was Cheers.  It was a quirky comedy about a Boston bar tended by a washed out Red...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/03/26/on-knowing-your-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f30</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_7c00374b26d141b1ac7dea289f6c8800~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_328,h_154,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ's Church/Christchurch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday morning, March 17, I shared the following statement with my congregation at all three of our worship services.  I share it with...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/03/19/christs-churchchristchurch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f31</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:50:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_ceeec8a68ecc40d281cfa74e94834194~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_277,h_178,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wheels for Wheels, Redux!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many readers of this blog may remember how I celebrated my 60th birthday.  If not, a reminder.  I decided to ride from north of Fort...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/03/11/wheels-for-wheels-redux</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f32</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_5221c72857524c7ba9e97813352104ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_200,h_320,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Not a Methodist, but . . . .]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was in seminary, back in the late seventies, one of my classmates who was a Methodist, was openly gay.  We'll call him Pietro. ...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/03/05/im-not-a-methodist-but</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f33</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 19:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_0aed5113a37842cb9830dd018804832f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_233,h_170,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clergy in the Key of U (for Unity!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past weekend I had the real pleasure of participating in a concert titled "Three Cantors and a Pastor."  My fellow performers...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/02/26/clergy-in-the-key-of-u-for-unity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f34</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:24:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_b3fb8fd726bb4b3f83e586bca12bc3b3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. 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I have always suspected it was really a ploy to get one more Monday holiday,...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/02/12/happy-birthday-abe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f36</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_ae905576550f404198a858eeb3c1841b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_198,h_262,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mary Oliver Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few months ago I was wrestling with some decisions I needed to make about my future.  I was having a very difficult time discerning...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/02/05/the-mary-oliver-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f37</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 20:50:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_9c781cd934a7412a975334bbb40ff63b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_197,h_160,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fences, Walls and a Question]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending a very moving performance of August Wilson's play Fences.  This Pulitzer Prize winning...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/01/29/fences-walls-and-a-question</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf4eced40017a12f38</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_e706f29107ab4e8fa896828e9deea042~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_168,h_100,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[America the Teenager]]></title><description><![CDATA[America seems to be in a transitional time at the moment.  Like a teenager, we seem to be trapped between  childhood and adulthood.   We...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/01/23/america-the-teenager</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf5c22d50018783c09</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:38:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_603c7917dd49452db0180cb38911b1b4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_292,h_197,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. 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I have read a number of his books and have heard him speak more than...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2019/01/08/reflecting-on-richard-rohr-and-cheese-platters-too</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf5c22d50018783c0b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:03:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_514661798d9648d38185c086f166a9e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_320,h_296,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Rev. Dr. John H. 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Right there in...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2017/12/11/jesus-joy-and-wichita</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf5c22d50018783c0f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_70261f0ed88648d5a8b60b8540cf234e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_320,h_277,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>the Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Angels in the Parking Lot]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love Christmas music.  I have dozens and dozens of seasonal CDs.  And I listen to them throughout the month of December.  But my top...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2017/12/04/angels-in-the-parking-lot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf5c22d50018783c10</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_b7a50f499acc407e81abc6036c8a6d55~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_282,h_200,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>the Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sufi Muslims: Children of God]]></title><description><![CDATA[And so it happens again.  A group of believers engaged in prayer are attacked and killed, only this time they didn't  live in South...]]></description><link>https://www.sanibelucc.org/post/2017/11/28/sufi-muslims-children-of-god</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8deddf5c22d50018783c11</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:36:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/729b36_a71e0f63d3c14691937ab930debc0d23~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_167,h_196,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>the Rev. Dr. John H. Danner</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>