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 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 Read more…
“We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!” – Pope John Paul II I am an Easter person. No matter what is going on in my life, happy or sad, I wake up on Easter morning brimming over Read more…
“Christian friendships are call-and-response friendships. We tell each other over and over, back and forth, the truth of who we are and who God is…. We speak good news to each other. And we become good news to every other.” Read more…
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the Read more…
I’m fasting for Lent. It’s a strange level of discipline and practice for me, and it marks a season when my Christianity is being lived more ‘out-loud’ than it has been in many, many years – perhaps ever. It really 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 Read more…
Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God.” Isaiah 35:3-4a Last week I was telling some Two Rivers friends about Read more…