Advent Reflections, Day 2
"Hoping does not mean doing nothing. It is not fatalistic resignation. It means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.”
Advent Reflections, Day 1
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair…
The Audacity of Asking
Prayer is the primary way we participate with God’s work in the world, and Jesus invites us to have the audacity to be bold in prayer.
On the occasion of Juneteenth 2021
Juneteenth is a day for dignity and freedom. Until Juneteenth, the first sentence of the second paragraph of our country’s Declaration of Independence was an unequivocal lie.
Sacred Power
A reflection for Alliance Council 2021.
In his sermon on the mount, Jesus says we should discern the health of a tree by its fruit. What would such an exercise reveal about us as a movement in this generation?
On Empathy
Flashing on the screens behind the stage read the words:
"AMERICA HAS CHOSEN EMPATHY"
Now, I fully recognize that this message was politically-charged, but it stood out to me as a hopeful prayer. Not only for our politics, but as a people.
I Can’t Breathe
It's hard not to notice those in my timeline who were up in arms when black athletes kneeled during the anthem to peacefully protest police brutality but don't have much to say when police officers are violently kneeling on a black person's neck.