I'm going to tell you something I shared with a group of writers and other creative people last week. We were in Oregon, seated in a church where the pews were of the wooden variety, and these pews formed a semi-circle inside the sanctuary. There was a balcony and we were packed in there—some of us …
Black Privilege?
Do you remember the time the barista at Starbucks gave H and me free coffee? Remember how I had strange thoughts about whether or not white people in America get that kind of treatment all the time? Well, recently, a funny thing happened to me... H and I flew to Sun Valley, Idaho for a ski …
Sunday
So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And …
Going There: Four Generations
When Deidra opened up this space for conversations about race, ethnicity and culture, I thought perhaps I should tell my story. I hesitated for a long time however because, in order to tell my story, I would have to begin like this: Nearly every Sunday, my grandfather presided over dinner at the …
When You’re Drawing Wide Arcs Through The Sky
Yesterday, in church, H preached about hell. It wasn't a fire and brimstone sermon. He doesn't do those. When H preaches, it is thoughtful, insightful, inspirational, and often emotional. But, rarely, is it "preachy." Even when he's preaching about hell. He's more preachy when he's talking about the …
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Sunday
...if you find life difficult because you’re doing what God said, take it in stride. Trust him. He knows what he’s doing, and he’ll keep on doing it. —I Peter 4:19, MSG ~~~ Welcome to The Sunday Community. Link up with a photo and just a few, brief words of inspiration. Not many words at …