Never Off the Clock (Noah was the first to plant a vineyard.) It is the end of another long exhausting…

EFFECTS OF GRIEF DENIAL “I didn’t lose a child,” I say, feeling irritation rising in me. “My focus was the…

RESEARCH Ariel pops up and heads to the kitchen for the bottle of wine and three glasses. “I’ll also get…

MY BODY BEGINGS TO SHAKE I’m silent as she holds me. Then the strangest thing begins to happen. I feel…

END OF THE DAY   I can’t tell you anything that happens from the time I leave the church until…

AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS How would our prayers of confession be different if we tried to reflect Christ as a body…

GOD’S HISTORY OF SURPRISES Approaching the problem of racism from the perspective of a redemptive God means acknowledging our sins…

SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…

TRUST THAT GOD TRANSFORMS Redemptive Theology trusts in the creative power of God, who is not only not defeated by evil…

AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…

What if God knew the nature of humanity and planned for it in God’s redemptive design from the beginning? Assume…

NOW THAT IS FUNNY Learning the Basics of Subtle HumorLet’s be clear: The goal in adding some humor to your…

THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS I’d like to  share some work I’d done on where denominations are headed.What will they look…

RACISM AND PRIVILEGE  How does the Christian church respond to the systemic racism that plagues our society?  How do we…

A FRESH BEGINNING I  think one of the paralyzing features of modern Christianity in addressing racism is its inability to…

GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…

SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…

As Christians, we are invited to trust in the creative power of God who not only is not defeated by…

INTRODUCTION My purpose is to provide a pastor and the church leadership in Caucasian churches with a step-by-step plan for…