Faith seeking understanding– without race
We are now six months into a global pandemic due to COVID-19. I won’t venture to mention the death toll. It will be higher by the time you read this. Someone is on their deathbed now, taking their last breath. Inhale. Exhale. I do the same thing to keep calm. Breathe in. Breathe out. But, […]
Read MoreI protested the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others yesterday outside of White House. Asked by a reporter, “Why are you here after the president’s threat?” I replied simply, “Where else should I be? He is Caesar, not Lord. I know my place and he should find his.” I […]
Read More“Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!” Jesus has come out of the grave but we cannot come out of our homes. We are told to stay home by local government officials. Eleven of Jesus’s disciples were hiding behind closed doors and this Easter, we are with them. We are not out in strong numbers, […]
Read More“From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 46And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” | Matthew 27.45-46, NRSV “Has anyone seen God?” Jill M. Hudson writes in Congregational Trauma: caring, coping and […]
Read MoreWelcome| “Has anyone seen God?” Jill. M. Hudson writes in Congregational Trauma: caring, coping and learning, Trauma can strike anywhere any time and the church is generally ill- prepared to respond.” Many of us were taught that God is omnipresent, that the Divine was always around here somewhere, that God would come from up there […]
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The Raceless Gospel 