Post Category: current events

It's Not Supposed To. Here is an article by one of the great Christian theologians of our time looking at the Coronavirus through the lense of Scripture. ...

If ever there was a time to ask ourselves if we are living in the fullness of God, it is now. That is what I first thought when I stopped to reflect on how I am living with the Lord during this uncertain time. However, my next thought is that we should just ask ourselves that question every morning. What better way to commit ourselves each day to living worthy of the calli...

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Last Saturday morning I was listening to the radio and all the news was about COVID-19 (a.k.a. Coronavirus). Italy cancelled school for the entire country because of Coronavirus. A cruise ship off the coast of San Francisco was being quarantined because of Coronavirus. The stock market is falling because of Coronavirus, and stores have run out of toilet paper, water and ha...

Black History Month is an opportunity to remember and further understand the complex history of African Americans in America. It's important to do this in order to better recognize the ongoing implications it has on our present reality. This is by no means an easy task. Yet, as God's church, we are told that we are one body called by the same Spirit to one faith in one Lor...

On Tuesday I read Dennis Byrne's op ed in the Chicago Tribune reflecting on our culture of violence in the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. (If you would like to read his editorial follow this link Getting a handle on our 'culture of violence' - chicagotribune.com) In it he raised this question, "Why in our advanced and enlightened age is the sl...