Instead of a new year, a new time

December 31, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Don’t look up at a clock or for the ball to drop. Look out into the world and find something to change for the better. I have an idea, but it won’t come with confetti or a kiss at midnight. In addition to changing your waist size, your hair color, or your career path, change […]

Baptism is the way to the undivided “kin-dom” that is coming

February 26, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

My heart is with my siblings in Ukraine. Russia is attacking their home, starting a war during a global pandemic. I pray for their peace and protection. I mourn for the lives lost to the vanities of war and power’s greed. I pray that we will be able to see ourselves without either. Masks on, […]

Thank You and Happy New Year!

December 30, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

It’s another year for the record books for several reasons. There is still no anti-lynching legislation and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would protect the rights secured in the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 while adding additional support for democracy, has not been passed into law. Meanwhile, new voting restrictions have […]

The Gospel in Progress

September 16, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Have you seen Jesus? God in the neighborhood, God on the move, Jesus is never just in our corner of the world. Jesus is God all over the place. Sight unseen by his latest disciples and yet seen in our neighbor and the stranger’s face. Our vision of him is a work in progress. We […]

The Raceless Gospel is all over the place

August 17, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

The Raceless Gospel is going places and by this I mean, the message is spreading. What began as a question and led to ten years of seeking answers around human identity, the sociopolitical construct of race and belonging in authentic Christian community is now my journey, my path, my way forward, my whole world. I […]