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Let’s Get This Done
From my message today: Race divided the Pentecostal church. From the beginning. What was powerful at Azusa Street was ripped away by the racism of America. The Assemblies of God became white. Church of God in Christ became black. The A/G had policies in place through the 1960s and even the 1970s in some places that would not allow blacks to be…
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Why I join in the effort to pray this Sunday for #BlackLivesMatter
This Sunday has been a day set aside for prayer. The request has come from two significant places that affect my own ministry: the Church of God in Christ and then the General Council of the Assemblies of God. Together they are asking for churches to pray this Sunday for racial reconciliation and justice. We will pray for justice. We…
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What is “PC”?
“PC” in the current context stands for “political correctness.” Definition: PC is what you are when you give an opinion contrary to mine.
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Why my city rocks
I love reflecting on the city where I pastor because there are so many things going on that are RIGHT. They are not totally right all the time, but there are things that defy current trends. For instance, Columbia Heights is on the very low end of “affluence” in the Twin Cities. Rock bottom for the metro area, I believe.…
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Thought for the day — Henri Nouwen
Through the Spirit we have an opportunity in this moment to see something powerful happen. May we hear the Spirit and act accordingly.
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It was all because of a diet?
We are beginning a series this Sunday I am calling “Allegiance.” It is a series on the life of Daniel and the three Hebrew friends. My goal is to reflect on the lives of people who lived in a truly hostile environment and still carved out their deep faith in God to not only “live for God” but… hold on…
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#PointerGate
Look! A white lady pointing! The lady is Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges. The blurred out face is Navell Gordon. This is the controversial story (HERE). Quite honestly, it is now IMPOSSIBLE to try to read deep enough to find any semblance of “truth” as to why this has exploded in the media. Those to the “left” are posting thousands of…
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Keep Calm. All has truly returned to normal.
Post election blues for many liberals. Post election exhaling for conservatives. A lot of inhaling for those in DC and Oregon who passed the legalization of recreational marijuana… Yes, life has returned to normal. Breathe deep. If you lost… give it two years. If you won… give it two years. In jest, I posted this on my Facebook page this morning: And…
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Digitizing our experiences
So many of our “experiences” in and with the world… and in and “with” God are digitized these days. To have the physical touch… the physical interaction… without the manipulation of some sort of digital enhancement… just doesn’t occur to us very much.
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The possibility of upheaval
“There is a feeling that events are in the air; all that is unpredictable is their timing. Perhaps we shall see several more years of peace, but it is equally possible that overnight some tremendous upheaval will happen.” — Austrian writer Carl von Lang (early 1914) 100 years later, we face these conditions in different forms. That’s a lot of…
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