Hate and Disrespect Are Not A Christian Values

I just finished watching a YouTube video that left me shaking my head. It featured persons in Johnstown, PA entering a rally with one of the vice presidential candidates screaming epithets at a group of supporters of the other candidate. The language was coarse, and the sentiments shared played upon all sorts of stereotypes. Although … Continue reading Hate and Disrespect Are Not A Christian Values →

Bevel

A top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced Wednesday in a Virginia court to 15 years in prison for incest for having sex with his teenage daughter.The Rev. James L. Bevel was a key architect of the 1963 Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Ala., and other pivotal moments of the civil rights movement. He … Continue reading Bevel →

A World Premiere

With Apologies to Dr. Seuss

Once upon a time, in the land of Kazoo, lived two grizzled old men, one red and one blue. Across the street from each other, in houses alike, and out on the street they both road their bikes. But though they were bikers, and lived very close, they avoided each other, and thought the other … Continue reading With Apologies to Dr. Seuss →

The Embracing Church: The Ways We Exclude

This is the second sermon in a series on The Embracing Church “Okay, guys. It’s time to choose sides…” Those words are part of a ritual that has been a part of our lives almost from the beginning. It is a ritual that has been seen again and again in countless gyms, on schoolyards, and … Continue reading The Embracing Church: The Ways We Exclude →

An Ode To the Beautiful Fool

Martin Luther who did you think that you were?Appointed by some higher upMerely mortal, your plans were unaffordableNo one wants to pay for love Oh you beautiful foolSwimmin up stream, kickin' up wavesDreams weren't meant to come trueThat's why they call 'em dreamsOh you beautiful fool Walter Cronkite pre-empted Disney one nightAnd all us kids … Continue reading An Ode To the Beautiful Fool →

The time to speak out…

Editor's note: This post intentionally uses language that is offensive and characteristic of hate. I choose to use this language to help broaden the conversation on issues of race in our culture. One day, over ten years ago, I was talking with a man in the town where we lived. It was a rural, Southern … Continue reading The time to speak out… →