A recent post by Daniel Camacho asks tough questions and raises necessary questions about multicultural churches. Proving that it is not enough to worship together or even to relate to persons of different cultures on a regular basis, Camacho points to research and recent publications that highlight that the supremacy of whiteness in leadership, structure […]
“Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain.” [I Corinthians 15.12-14, NRSV] […]
I read this interview on the Patheos website* and thought that you too will benefit from its insight and courageous truth. The Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, president of Auburn Theological Seminary, and the venerable Rev. Dr. James Forbes, the first African American pastor of the famed Riverside Church, sat down to have a one-on-one reflection […]
An extra day offers an additional opportunity to review various media outlets on the #oscarssowhite protests, Chris Rock’s opening monologue for the 88th annual Academy Awards, seemingly all things Donald Trump who has apparently never heard of white supremacy and yet another instance of suspected police misconduct, this time in Salt Lake City. Daily reports make it […]
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell, an American writer and lecturer, had it right. Echoing the words of the writer of Proverbs, Campbell reminds us that there is a difference between the […]