My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Psalm 22:1 Spoken by Jesus as he hung on the cross, an innocent man being executed by powers of the state. As I’ve listened and sat at the feet of Black people, particularly Black women, these past few days since the execution of Read more…
In just a week, we’ll be celebrating Easter –– the holiest day of the Christian year. This year, we get to celebrate the persistent, death-defying life of Jesus together in two ways –– both online and with socially-distant, in-person small groups.
Let’s say it loud and clear: racism, homophobia, anti-Asian discrimination, sexism, and misogyny are not Christian values. Equity, inclusion, justice and belonging are values that follow in the way of Jesus. This has been a cruel and painful week — the jury selection for George Floyd’s killer, the misogynistic and Read more…
I love how the beginning of the new year coincides with the celebration in the church of Epiphany. During Epiphany, we remember the journey of the Magi, astrologers from distant countries who took a long journey following a star, very winding and unknown at times, until they found the home Read more…
We want to show our friends in Louisiana and Texas that they are not alone and they God hears their cries for relief and recovery. This Sunday, 10 percent of our offerings will go to the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
This week, we celebrate five years of marriage equality, when the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was constitutional and to be implemented across the country. That day my news feeds were filed with rainbows, couples embracing while they wept tears of joy and relief, celebrations, and courthouse step weddings. Read more…
For those of us who have lived in Charleston for more than five years, we divide our tenure here into “before the Emanuel AME shooting” and “after the Emanuel AME shooting.”
The most urgent work of our time as white people is to dismantle white supremacy and fully embrace a life of anti-racism.
Friends, our community is unlike any other. Throughout these past seven weeks, I see you again and again reaching out to one another, reaching out to our neighbors, reaching out to those on the margins and vulnerable. We have maintained and deepened our relationship to one another and to God Read more…
Dear friends, On Thursday, I dusted off a favorite cookbook and brought out my supplies to make homemade bread. We were down to our last few slices of store-bought bread, and I want to be sure we had enough for sandwiches. I forget how amazing the simple act of mixing Read more…