Sending word

Life is filled with false starts, abrupt stops, detours and wrong turns. We didn’t know it would take this long to come to ourselves, that there were so many copies to choose from, that being original is harder than it looks, that it is easier to repeat, to nod in agreement with the majority, that […]

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Race who?

  “If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered.” | Ludwig Wittgenstein Most persons feel compelled to answer to race and to question those who don’t.  “Who does race say that you are?”  Skin deep, the epitome of superficial meaning, we speak as if its value is apparent, a […]

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We can’t leave the ministry of reconciliation

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 […]

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When fighting, leave race out of it

“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 […]

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