Rapture Rebel
With the recent headlines, is it any wonder why the world may think that Christians seem to always want to run or hide or take the easy way out?
When the “rapture” prediction, bill boards and post-apocalyp...
The Rapture IS Coming TOMORROW: May 21, 2011
I grew up in church. Not a typical middle class, white picket fence, awkwardly perfect church goin’ family situation, but in church nonetheless. Most of what I recall from those early childhood and teen...
Painting Fences and Making Names
Tom Brokaw called them the greatest generation.
My grandfathers were a proud part of a generation that fought Hitler, saved the world from tyranny jumped started the US economy. Not a bad list for a group of ...
My Thoughts on Sojourners, Coalition Building, and LGBTQ Rights
On my personal blog, I traced my journey on the issue of homosexuality and explored the challenges of coalition-building. It’s from this place that I’ve been reading about the recent critique of Sojourners o...
Actualizing the Kingdom on Earth
The church today is enthralled in a movement that believes in a commitment to create a just and loving society in which we can fully actualize the Kingdom of God before the Second Coming of Christ. The Kingdom...
I Met a White Man and He Couldn't Dance
I attended a majority white high school in the late ’70s and since that time my life has been one cross-cultural bowl of spaghetti. It tastes good but is really messy, sometimes sauce all over your shirt.
My ...
A Real 'Senior' Prom
I have a friend who’s one of the great speakers of our time. His name is Guy Dowd. Several years back he was awarded the honor, by the President of the United States, as “Teacher of the Year.” That’s rea...
Osama bin Laden and the Lamb Who Was Slain
Like just about every other American, I can tell you where I was, what I was doing, and how I heard the news on that September day. But that’s not the memory that’s been replaying in my head throughout th...
PAPA Fest 2011 is Happening!
Some of you are aware and some are not… another summer gathering is in the works – PAPA Festival 2011 on June 16-19th. Past gatherings in 2006 and 2008 went well with much laughter, play and learning. After a ...
Save the Date: The Return of Christ?
Although the Second Coming is a certainty - Christ will return, and the kingdoms of this world will then become the kingdom of our God - Jesus himself said that it is futile to pinpoint its precise date (See...