Don’t You Dare Tell Me I’m Not Evangelical
I reject your decadent patriarchy; your limited view of God; your stranglehold on God's sovereignty, your exclusive claim to religion; your smugness; your fear of evangelism.
Confronting Complacency & Complicity: How to Unlearn Slaveholder Religion
James Baldwin once wrote, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Why God Is Not in Control
In Christ, we find a God who deliberately gave up power to control everything in order to save the world through sacrificial love.
A Confession of Faith & Love
I am grateful for the input and critiques from this group of long experienced Christian leaders who have blazed the path that RLC is treading these days in our commitment to Jesus and justice.
‘The Sermon That Stole the Show’
Days after the royal wedding, it’s the address by the Most Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, people still are talking about.
Why I Stand with the LGBTQ Community
So I will walk toward my LGBTQ siblings singing: “Though none go with me, still I will follow” because I have decided to follow Jesus. No turning back, no turning back.
Ashes to Ashes, I Love You
It is an act of love to remind each other of our mortality.
How to Change Hearts on Race
Love without laws is not enough, but for the benefits of our laws to be sustained, loving hearts are a necessity.
What Jesus’ Economy Looks Like
As Christians, we need to have a holistic approach to life transformation. We need to be about creating jobs, planting churches, and meeting basic needs — one community at a time.
The Wrong Choice? An Advent Meditation
Did Mary make a wrong choice? We know how the story ends, but viscerally I cannot fathom the toll her son’s suffering took upon her life.