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…
Dear friends, Yesterday we gathered from our couches, bedrooms, kitchen tables and backyards to worship together online. In this new season of responding to COVID-19, our commitment to worship God together and supporting one another has not waned; as we experienced in our online worship, we find support and encouragement Read more…
It’s the last day of the year—a time when we reflect on all that has taken place, celebrate the many ways God is with us and look forward to the dreams and visions 2020 will bring. Two Rivers Church has much to celebrate in 2019, our first full year as Read more…
Ever year, I can’t wait to put up my Christmas tree. Starting November 1, my children me say, “Let’s put up the tree today!” at least twice a day until Thanksgiving comes. The day after Thanksgiving, we always go pick out just the right tree, bring it home, string the Read more…
As we enter this first week of Advent, we start our journey of watching and waiting for Christ with incredible acts of generosity
Nine days ago, I sat in a sanctuary with 600 people of faith from all around Charleston at the Charleston Area Justice Ministry’s Community Problems Assembly. As I looked around the room, I could feel the energy. I saw Jewish, Christian and Muslim folks; people of all races and incomes, Read more…