Christianity Today contributor Mark Galli writes about race and the gifts that the church brings to the conversation in an article titled “Hope in the Face of Intractable Racism.” Gall questions doubts we will ever be done with racism, challenging laws that intend to “eradicate all forms of racism” and suggesting that it will take more […]
Many shapes and colors, with and without sight, open and closed, rolling and blinking, itching and red, crying and dry but they are all eyes. We are all seeing the same things. Many forms and sizes, with and without pimples, hair or mucus inside them still they are all noses. We are all breathing the […]
“…as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’)– in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.” ~ Romans 4.17, NRSV Paul is writing about Abraham, the father of our faith and likewise, […]
Today, during our morning worship service, I shared this charge to the high school graduating class of 2015. But, as I thought about the words, I realized that if we are living (and by this, I don’t mean alive), we should be graduating from one phase of life to another. So, these words are for […]
Words play a huge role in my life. More than a way of communicating, they are the means by which I move. It’s true. I could not get out of the bed if I did not have something to write about. I guess you could say I don’t leave home without them. Journaling since the […]