Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and what a different Thanksgiving it will be! You may well NOT be gathering around a big family table to count our blessings, so what might a redeemed, intentional day of giving thanks to God look like when many of our traditions have been interrupted? As Christians we recognize that whatever makes […]
The two descriptions I (Carmen) have for the 2020 Election are anticipation and exhaustion. As a person who regularly prays to “expect the unexpetected and anticipate miracles knowing that with God all things are possible,” I anticipate God will yet be God no matter who is elected President of the United States. I also know […]
It is imperative we remind ourselves of the true truth: God is sovereign, God is great and God is good. God is not surprised by anything that is happening in the world today and God is not searching around for a plan B. God is God and God has got this. Yes, even the big […]
Pastors are precious. I know my pastor is precious and I know your pastor is precious too! October is Pastor Appreciation Month so how can we make a month to remember? My top 10 (COVID friendly) Pastor Appreciation Ideas: This may not be the year to have an all-church ya’ll come public appreciation event but […]
As the children’s book affirms, “everyone has a mother.” But what about a second mother? Kamala Harris identifies Regina Shelton as her second mom and she’s a woman we need to know. Regina and Arthur Shelton were the downstairs neighbors in Oakland, Calif. when Kamala was just seven years old and her parents divorced. The […]
Every morning a new headline to break our heart, sear our conscience, convulse our emotions, and threaten our sense of safety and sanity. It feels increasingly as if the world upended – and there are those declaring with certainty that the End is near. How now shall we live this moment, this day? Three thoughts: […]
The wake is over. George Floyd’s homegoing service was carried by every major outlet around the world. From PBS to CNN to FOX to the BBC and beyond, the world had wall to wall coverage of a four hour funeral for a black man whose name was unknown to all but a few people just […]
Over the past three days I’ve had three conversations with three different people asking and answering the same query: the world needs to change, what can we do to move that change in a redemptive direction? The first conversation didn’t go well. My conversation partner was a generation older than me. He sees and hears […]
As the pandemic matures, watch for a wave of lawsuits. From business deals that didn’t go through to hospitals that didn’t accommodate scheduled surgeries to every other institution, business or entity whose failure to live up to their side of a contract resulted in injury – perceived or otherwise – to someone else is going […]
What are the assumptions you’re making about me and what assumptions am I making about you before we even start talking? I’m assuming that: you are a fellow Saint in Christ, you are passionately pursuing the advancement of His Kingdom purposes in the world, you’re literally on a mission, you’ve got a story to tell, […]