Just For Fun & Laughs
Happy Friday to you. No giveaways today – just some fun and laughs, because we all need some.
1. VIDEO—The Best Version of O Canada I’ve seen yet.
2. VIDEO—The Book With No Pictures by… Read More
Posts Tagged: "racism"
I Am From Dusty Streets
Our friend Moses Masitha spoke at NWLife Church yesterday. As he began his message, he talked about the importance of our stories. He said, “When you ask where someone is from, to simply answer ‘Renton’ or ‘Kent’ does not adequately answer the question. We are a collection of stories. I am not just from South Africa, but I am a collection of experiences and stories.”
He went on to say, “Our stories, brought together… Read More
Pork Chop Post (or why I am thankful for Pastor Troy Jones)
When I was in 8th grade, I started attending this “youth discipleship class” with some of my friends at the church on Tuesday nights.
We met in a classroom that was used during the day by the church’s private Christian school.
Three of my friends in the discipleship class were African-American. Their parents didn’t attend the church.
One night, we all arrived at the church a few minutes early. They were still finishing their dinner.
They were eating pork chops.
Before our class started (and before our Youth Pastor showed up), I noticed the pile of pork chop bones sitting there…
And mischievous inspiration struck… Read More
Good Reading This Week
On Today’s Sunday Shout Outs, I’m sharing four posts that are really good and worth reading. I hope you will…
This post, I Raise My Hands: A Prayerful Response To Ferguson, by Osheta Moore. Here’s my favorite line: “Today, I raise my hands because the truth is black lives matter and black kids don’t have to be college-bound for their deaths to… Read More
The Most Critical Issue Facing Christians
According to Robert Farrar Capon (my favorite Episcopal priest-chef-theologian-author), the most critical issue facing Christians today…
The most critical issue facing Christians is not abortion, pornography, the disintegration of the family, moral absolutes, MTV, drugs, racism, sexuality, or… Read More
It Sucks To Be A Racist (Sexist, Classist) In The Kingdom Of God
One of my favorite lines from Sunday’s sermon (while reading from Revelation 6.9) was this: “It sucks to be a racist in the Kingdom of God.”
I saw an endless sea of people – every variety and type, every race, every background, every class, a beautiful representation of God’s creative diversity—standing before the Lamb of God. —Revelation 6.9
Earlier in the week, as I was going through our church Bible reading plan, I noticed something special… Read More