I'm thinking, when The Nester hosts the next 31 Days series, I'll write about our church. Now, don't hold me to it (you do know it's more than four months away, right?), but I realize, with all my talk about multicultural congregations, you don't know much about my church at all. You don't know how …
Sunday
If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love …
The Problem With “Those People”
Remember how I told you about Indigo Bridge Books and how they're doing a film series on Race, Power, & Privilege? Well, last night, H and I went back to Indigo Bridge to see The House I Live In, the final film in the series. Again, rather than go into a long explanation, I'll let you click …
fear has cousins {and they’re bullies, too}
We all know about fear. We know it thinks it's big and bad and we know it believes it should always be spelled in capital letters. We've learned to laugh in the face of fear, and call it for what it is: a bully. And we know bullies never win, right? Right! Not convinced? No worries. Take a …
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Two Lists
I've got two lists going in my head. The first list isn't that long. Just a few items. They are projects God has kindly and gently placed in my lap. If these items were on your list, and I happened to peek over your shoulder and get a glimpse of your list, I'd think to myself, "Nice. She'll have …
Sunday
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord …