Pray for me, will ya?
This blog entry is more or less a public service announcement…
This last Saturday morning I ran into my friend, Reverend Liv Larsen Andrews, the pastor at Salem Lutheran Church on West Broadway in Spokane.
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After listening to a sermon on Hope, one phrase eddied within me: "a living hope." The emphasis was that this living hope was alive, "breathed…
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I learned something new this year during the Martin Luther King, Jr (MLK) observance: his views on racial and economic equality were not widely embraced by either the white or black church.
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I just finished reading, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown. It’s interesting to recognize the ways that her experience of blackness…
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Reconciliation. What does it mean in today’s cultural milieu, one in which racial incidents are on the rise. I have been trying to use the word differently in the last bit of time…
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I’m reading about five very different books right now, all very slowly, which is quite possibly the least effective reading strategy I could muster up. Somehow, though, the stars (and books) aligned this week and the overlap has been insightful…
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My friend and fellow Immanuel member, Mike Midkiff posted this image on FB yesterday. It is a section of the Bible, Psalm 82, which speaks to the engagement of God’s people with the vulnerable of the world…
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I learned something new this year during the Martin Luther King, Jr (MLK) observance: his views on racial and economic equality were not widely embraced by either the white or black church.
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Last week Rob brought an article to our staff meeting entitled, “Communion, a Counter-Monument,” which sparked discussion about the social reality that communion historically declared, and ought to still be declaring.
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I recently read the book “Just Mercy- A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. It is a book that opened my eyes. It is too easy to sit in my own comfort zone. This zone often includes my home, my family, my friends, my city, my church, my community, and the list could go on.
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