If you haven’t taken the time to watch the music video to Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” you need to. It isn’t just another music video dreamed up by a marketing team to sell records. This video is an art piece. As with any good …
Read MoreWendell Berry, “To a Siberian Woodsman”
Today was a day full of activity…meetings, emails, and phone conversations. The work of a pastor is not a weekend gig and neither is it a 9-5, clock-in/clock-out kind of vocation. I love serving the church, but it requires us to wear a lot of …
Read MoreThe Peaceable Jesus I Have Come to See: A Response to Michael Kennedy
I am thrilled to be able to move a Twitter conversation (with its 140-character limitation) to the blog. This post is a response to my friend Pastor Michael Kennedy who leads Crosspoint Community Church in Dublin, Georgia. We began a conversation on Twitter in response …
Read MorePrayer for World Peace
On this day when Muslims, Jews, and Christians are praying for peace between Israeli and Palestinians, I prayed this prayer… Prayer for World Peace By Sister Joan Chittister of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie Great God, who has told us “Vengeance is mine,” save us …
Read MoreReflections on the Prince of Peace
We are coming to the end of the second week of Advent in 2013 and the theme for this week is peace. So my thoughts this week, as we prepare ourselves for Christmas, has been upon one of the titles given to Jesus, the title …
Read MoreThe Peace Prayer of St. Francis
This prayer was not written by St. Francis of Assisi. It was not written by Pope Francis. It first began to circulate during World War I. The author is unknown, but early copies of it were on a card in honor of St. Francis, so …
Read MoreStanley Hauerwas’ Response to September 11, 2001
The following is from Stanley Hauerwas from Duke Divinity school. (It was originally posted here.) I am providing the entirety of Hauerwas’ response because I think it is an important Christian response to 9/11. It is important because, there is an alternative to the “war …
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