What did he look like? What culture does he represent? Forget the nails, let me see the social coloring of his skin? Yes, I will accept him; he can come in now. Because Jesus has to be one of us. We have flipped the expectation and it does not matter our personal relationship with him. […]
God, grant me the serenity to accept that people are not the same, Courage to change my perspective and to challenge my prejudices, And the wisdom to celebrate our differences. Amen.
Cross- cultural, multicultural, multiethnic or intercultural, whichever is your church’s claim to inclusivity, please be sure that your invitation is sincere, that your congregation understands what these words means and what they mean for the congregation. It’s about relationship and how we relate to persons across cultures not just during Sunday morning worship but throughout the week. Because […]
Why does the Church of the God “who so loved the world” struggle with embracing a multicultural, multiethnic community (John 3.16)? Why does the church of the Christ who commanded us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves and who commissioned us to “go and make disciples of all nations” often confine the good news of the […]
For the next few weeks, I will feature videos that discuss the plight of the Church in North America, which remains segregated– unlike the military, retail stores, hospitals and cemeteries, restaurants and movie theaters, bathrooms and water fountains, libraries, schools, buses and other modes of transportation. While there are enclaves, it is illegal to discriminate and prevent persons […]