This morning, I led a conversation on the fights that form us as Christians– red versus blue carpet, choir versus praise team, contemporary music versus hymns, offering plate versus Apple pay, suits versus skinny jeans and a t- shirt, 8 a.m. versus 11 a.m. service. You know, deeply transformative wars for righteousness. And these fights […]
I didn’t forget. Though I don’t have flowers or dinner reservations, I wanted to wish us a happy eighth anniversary. I have been writing, thinking, talking about the socio- political construct of race, the malformation of Christian community and the call to be reconciled in a world that thrives on division for 2,920 days. It […]
It is so tempting to close ourselves off after deep wounding, after failed attempts to come together as people of faith. We might ask ourselves, “Why isn’t this working out?” Still, we must believe that God is at work, that while we want to throw our hands up in despair, God’s hands are still in. All […]
“America is in trouble, and a lot of that trouble– perhaps most of it– has to do with race.” | Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America This is between you and me, us and them, us four and any more who want to join us. Pick a side and […]
I am not blind and I am certainly not color- blind. That’s not what the race-less gospel means or aims to accomplish. I am not hoping that the world will turn a blind eye to the different physical appearances of human beings across cultures and the globe. Please don’t tell your eyes that they are […]