Words to float by those of us having a sinking feeling

October 31, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

We’re all in the same boat. Hell and high water have come. Pretending that it is not raining on our heads is not an expression of faith. We are faced with our own mortality and the fabric of American society is unraveling. In fact, the garment has come undone. Don’t tell me to hold it […]

Technical Difficulty: Leading during a Pandemic

September 22, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

I don’t know who had a once in a century pandemic on their 2020 vision board but I didn’t. I didn’t see this coming or imagine that the world would change because of it. Socially distant, at least six feet apart, the pandemic has changed the way “we live, move and have our being” (Acts […]

Praying during a Pandemic: Who am I talking to?

September 20, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

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, […]

A Sunday morning prayer when it doesn’t feel like Sunday

August 30, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

It hasn’t felt like Sunday morning to me in a very long time. Maybe you have felt the same way. I offer this prayer in light of my very present reality and in the midst of a pandemic that has taken more than a half million lives globally. Pray with me if you can. God […]

Keeping the faith during a pandemic: Believing when you are not working with much

July 13, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m not working with much these days. To be sure, I have plenty of food and toiletries. There is no end to creature comforts: chocolate, soda, chips, ice cream… I’ll stop but I could go on, go back to the store right now and pick up more. I am stocking up to stuff down my […]

The Raceless Gospel

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