Desmond and Mpho’s Made for Goodness

A dear ministry friend, Rev. Trisha Miller Manarin, included a section of this writing in a sacred work that she has asked me to participate in.  The words met me right where I was and sat with me.  I pray that they might do the same for you. Don’t struggle and strive so, my child. […]

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Now and Forever

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 […]

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Praying in the Dark

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 […]

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Debate over Confederate Flag in South Carolina is Over

“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 […]

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Soong-Chan Rah on the Racialization and Nationalization of the Image of God

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.  

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