Tag: Jesus and the Disinherited

Protesting the death of Mister George Floyd: Other duties as assigned

.Reading time 7 minutes.

I sent this email on Thursday to my co- workers as well as our leadership team.  I figured I might share it with you as you also might be feeling an even more pronounced sense to work and witness for a more just society after the death of George Floyd and so many before him. […]

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After Charlottesville: Doing our hate homework

.Reading time 5 minutes.

God is love and we, as Christians, are known by it (First John 4.16).  It is God’s character and our expected response for we speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4.15).  It is the principle identifier, proof that we are not only in a relationship with but related to God—not abilities, culture, education, gifts, social […]

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The Church needs an epistle on race

.Reading time 7 minutes.

“Christianity has been almost sentimental in its efforts to deal with hatred in human life.  It has sought to get read of hatred by preachments, by moralizing, by platitudinous judgments.  It has hesitated to analyze the basis of hatred and to evaluate it in terms of its possible significance in the lives of the people […]

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