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  • MLK: A Christmas Sermon on Peace and Non-violence

    “This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world is...
    December 24, 2018
  • Rahab the Survivor

    One of the most important tools that advocates have up their sleeves is storytelling. Stories have the ability to inform, inspire, and incite action. I’m always wrestling with the ethical questions...
    December 21, 2018
  • Jesus Walks with Refugees. Do We also Walk with Them?

    The following story is a real account of what happened, although for the safety of those involved we have chosen not to use their names. The story can also be found in Spanish below the English...
    December 17, 2018
  • Leading and Longing

    Like most Sundays, I’m at the piano leading my congregation in worship. The lights are lowered in the gym-turned-sanctuary where we worship. Like most Sundays, I’m at the piano leading my congregation...
    December 14, 2018
  • We Already Know How to Fight Climate Change

    “Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities,” 13 U.S. federal agencies declared in the Fourth National...
    December 10, 2018
  • A Prayer for the Arrival(s)

    Advent: Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin adventus, going back to Latin, "arrival, appearance" Refugee claimants (people who have fled their countries of origin to make a refugee claim, and...
    December 3, 2018
  • The Truth about Mutuality

    “Difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas; as in escaping old ones.” – John Maynard Keynes There are many things in life as a person of color and faith that present great challenges. I...
    November 30, 2018
  • Practicing Love in Polarized Times

    We’ve been hearing a lot of calls for civility recently. Maybe you have too. People are rightly concerned about the toxicity of our current cultural climate(s). (You too, Canada!) There’s so little...
    November 26, 2018
  • Holding Each Other Up

    I am the pastor of a church that has a lot of people involved in each Sunday morning service. We have a Bible reader, a liturgist, a music leader, an elder, a deacon, and a congregational prayer pray...
    November 23, 2018
  • Introducing...Melissa Stek!

    Melissa is the newest member of the Office of Social Justice team. She joins our team this week as the Justice Mobilization Specialist, and will work to network and encourage justice seekers as they...
    November 20, 2018
  • Nanette: Devastating and Prophetic

    I don’t often have enough time to watch a full-length movie or comedy special. By the time evening rolls around and the kids are in bed, the house is relatively (emphasis on relatively) tidy, garden...
    November 16, 2018