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Grief and anger … another African American dead
Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. George Floyd in Minneapolis. Lament. Anger. Deep grief. I was setting up my next interview/discussion on race this morning and the man I was messaging asked me if I saw what had JUST happened. Next week… another interview/discussion on race and racism. Look for it. But for now… in my lament… I…
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100,000 in the time of coronavirus
Why we need lament: because no matter the bitter partisanship we have devolved to, we are nearing 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. These are lives lost. Young to old. Poor to rich. Across all ethnic lines. These are lives to remember. These represent families with deep loss in this time of pandemic. The New York Times put the names of…
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Faith and science work together
Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, describes his personal journey from atheism to Christianity when he was a young doctor and an aspiring academic.
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Book Review: Soul Care in African American Practice
Soul Care in African American Practice by Barbara Peacock In the late 90s and early 2000s Renovare released some volumes on spiritual reading that were “workbook” based. One, Spiritual Classics, focused on readings for individuals and groups based on the 12 spiritual disciplines from Richard Foster’s classic, Celebration of Discipline. Another book was Devotional Classics based on Foster’s book, Streams…
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Binge watching in the time of coronavirus
My one victory in this time of coronavirus has been I have not seen one minute of “Tiger King.” Otherwise, I’m just not going to brag on any discipline that has been developed well.
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Podcast — The ongoing issue of racism in our culture
I was privileged to interview two important voices in my life on the issue of racism in light of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Marlena Graves is an author and activist. Her forthcoming book The Way Up is Down is a wake up call to have our eyes on the marginalized in our world. Dennis Edwards is a professor of…
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The power of humility
“If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,…
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For the white American church… it’s time
“The white evangelical church has a long and lamentable history of silence when African Americans are under attack. Wouldn’t this be the right time to stand with the African American community and say these senseless killings have got to stop? Wouldn’t it be beneficial to expand your abortion views and resources to include the value of life AFTER birth?” More……
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The divided past I lived and the future we are invited to change
This post is STILL about racism and Ahmaud Arbery. It’s not about Ahmaud Arbery alone, so I am giving you time to bail off this post. This will be a longer post about a lot of aspects concerning racism, and things I have to realize even from my own younger life.
