Taking the Bullets out of the Gun
In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. (Martin Luther King Jr.)In the days following the Orlando massacre, it’s become painfully clear to me that...
View ArticleLET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH, AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME
It’s 2017, and if anything is clear at this point, it’s that we absolutely must change the way we conduct ourselves. In other words, we need some powerful collective resolutions – yes, resolutions – to...
View ArticleTHIS GENERATION HAS A PURPOSE
“How does it feel to be the first generation to not have a purpose?”These words were the equivalent of a slap across the face to me. They were coming out of the TV, out of the mouth of an actor playing...
View ArticleNOW THAT THE DUST HAS SETTLED, A CALL TO RE-FOCUS
Ladies and gentlemen, in the left corner of the ring — representing the liberal, progressive, “hate everything that is not liberal or progressive by their own definition” end of our current political...
View ArticleWHEN IN DOUBT, ERR ON THE SIDE OF LOVE
On Thanksgiving Day 1977, my husband’s father died of a massive heart attack, leaving behind a wife and 12 children — six boys and six girls. The family was Episcopalian, attending St. Paul’s Episcopal...
View ArticleWHERE CHRIST BELONGS
Rather than “putting Christ back in Christmas”, I’d settle for putting Christ back in Christians.The above is a variation on a statement I saw on Facebook that really spoke to me — and apparently to...
View ArticleIF ONLY THIS WERE FAKE NEWS, BUT IT’S NOT EVEN ALTERNATIVE FACTS
ou’ve probably heard some variation of the joke about how different news media outlets would handle the news of the end of the world. I read some examples during a recent sermon; here are some...
View ArticleDear Washington: Leave the Praying to Me
One of my pet peeves is the improper lane change — you know, that everyday driving move where you slide into the next lane without hitting your turn signal — that is a total moving violation and...
View ArticleFROM INCLUSIVITY TO INCLUSION
Seven years ago I made what felt at the time like a strong statementabout inclusivity. I railed against the splintered, inward-focused nature of the institutional Christian church, and about the irony...
View ArticleIN ATLANTA, HELL IS EXACTLY 33 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
Christians talk an awful lot about hell. But have you ever stopped to imagine what hell is really like? I mean really. Stopped and imagined. Eyes closed. The world pushed away. Just you and whatever...
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