“Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Open the doors And see all the people.” Life in community is not as simple and straightforward as this children’s rhyme would lead us to believe. There is more to the church than the building and more to the building than its members. Instead, we gather each […]
In April, I talked about the ways in which being a multicultural church is easier said than done. How I wish that our faith would be enough to bring us together. Because it is more than enough if we would allow it. Our shared relationship with Jesus Christ is enough to bring us to the Lord’s table if we would […]
I know that we want to create heaven on earth, that we want to experience the rich diversity of the kingdom of God now. But, do we really know what that looks like? We point to the power of Pentecost and say, “This is who the church is supposed to be.” Still, so often we […]