Summer is well underway and I, like so many others, am wondering where the time has gone. More than a few days have been lost to thunderstorms and heat waves; both of which, I am happy to wave goodbye to. On those days, I stayed in, hid behind my keyboard and waited for a better […]
If you are feeling your way through life, seemingly trapped in a tunnel with no end and consequently, no light in sight… If you, like Joseph, find yourself in a pit, pushed down by those who were supposed to love you and help you make your dreams come true… If you, like Jesus, were in […]
“We are symbols and inhabit symbols.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson It appears that the Confederate flag will not rise again at least not above government buildings in South Carolina. In a final vote of 94 to 20, the State House of Representatives decided to remove the flag. Recently associated with Dylann Roof, a 21 year […]
Soong- Chan Rah talks about the strengths and weaknesses of a transcendent imagination, exceptionalism, the racialization and nationalization of the image of God at Wheaton College. Let us think more deeply about the impact of the social construct of race on our theology and anthropology.
Open unto me — light for my darkness. Open unto me — courage for my fear. Open unto me — hope for my despair. Open unto me — peace for my turmoil. Open unto me — joy for my sorrow. Open unto me — strength for my weakness. Open unto me — wisdom for my […]