"Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved." –John Chrysostom
My family often jokes about our "first-world problems": The ice maker on one of our two refrigerators is jammed, the local fiberoptic internet is unusually slow today, or the kids are lamenting that there's "nothing to eat" in our pantry with dozens of food choices readily available. We American-born Christians certainly understand excess because we … Continue reading First-World Excess and the story of Jesus feeding the 5000
This week Newsweek published an editorial I wrote about my recent trip to the US/Mexico border and some of my encounters in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Below is a link to the full article as well as some excerpts. Read the full article here: https://www.newsweek.com/there-no-solitary-narrative-border-crisis-opinion-1599927 As I went from place to place, I had … Continue reading My Recent OpEd in Newsweek “There Is No Solitary Narrative for the Border Crisis”
A little over a year ago, I received an invitation from the Mayor’s office to participate in the 1921/2021 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission. I remember thinking at the time how much of an honor it was for a church from our side of the city to be included. Our church is just about as far south as … Continue reading “Coming Together” – The Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission comes to South Tulsa
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