IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS’S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…

HALF-HOUR BREAKS In this time of stress, we need to develop a list of ½ hour interruptions that we can…

MAJORITY RULES This is an adaption of a community building game adapted to a church community. Explain that they are…

CONTINUING TO REFLECT ON THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS. One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat…

I FIRST POSTED THIS IN 2006 BUT SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ARE PART OF OUR CURRENT PANDEMIC CONTEXT. Where…

Shock and Awe: A church confesses its racism and is awed by God’s Invitation It almost scares me to suggest…

LISTENING WITH BOTH HEART AND MIND In all the posts and Blogs, we have been focusing on what can happen…

CONSIDER THE FUN OF HAVING THE WHOLE CHURCH INVOLVED I’m going to offer you some sample sets of questions to…

GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD TO GOD’S SELF You wouldn’t have read this far if you didn’t feel…

WHEN RACISM AFFECTS MY ROMANTIC LIFE On the one hand, what I’m about to share is only a mildly amusing…

DO YOU LOVE A GOOD STORY Consider Using Fiction to Discuss racism in a small group. One of the pleasures…

EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION For over twenty years, the Presbyterian Interracial Dialogue deliberately provided opportunities for inter-racial study, worship, social events,…

PEACE CORPS  1964 After graduating from college in 1963, I was convinced by another speaker that I chanced to hear…

 WHAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN I have found comfort in occasionally reviewing the many “what might not have happened” events…

IT BEGAN WITH LUNCH I was a pastor in Winston-Salem, NC for almost thirty years. In 1992, the city of…

PROMISED LAND On the fourth day of our journey reflecting on race in our lives and society, I want you…

When were you First Aware As you join me in this racial awareness journey, think back on when the issue…

MY FIRST AWARENESS OF RACISM In the mid-fifties, I was part of an indoor track team. The majority of us…

The Impact of Different Kinds of Death Imagine this scenario. It has just been discovered that there is an active…

JOIN ME IN A JOURNEY Let me share with you what I posted on Facebook last night. I’m part of…