“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...
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...
“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...
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...
We so rarely know where we really are. We drive around in cars, spend our days under fluorescent lights in artificially re-circulated air, staring at screens and moving so quickly from task to task...
My family of believers and I are privileged to live, pray, dance, and eat among those the kingdom belongs to. As a family we seek to recognize Jesus in our neighbourhood called Traynor-Vanier where we...
My wife and I were ready for our new adventure as a future clergy couple in New Jersey. In 1993, Sharon and I, along with our Persian cat Kuzak, stuffed our yellow Pontiac Sunbird to begin our...
We offer you this prayer and litany to support your congregations as they work to welcome the stranger, in word and in deed. Prayer Leader: Triune God, in Jesus, you entered our human world --...
The primary strategy white Christians have taken over the past 45 years to reduce abortions has been to make abortion illegal. This goal can only be accomplished by getting conservative justices on...
In Hong Kong, two things are very valuable. One is space. There isn’t much of it. Hong Kong has one of the highest population densities on the planet. The Mong Kok neighborhood where we have been...
We’ve been hearing lots of talk about family lately. In the USA, the nomination of a new Supreme Court judge has prompted talk of family values. The detainment and separation of migrant families has...
Review of Journeys to Justice (Novalis, 2018) by Joe Gunn How should churches deal with political issues? That question has long sparked incandescent discussions among Christians. Many hold that God...
