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- January 13, 2021
HYPOCRITES IN THE MINISTRY I once saw a sign outside of a church that read: “The church is full of…
- January 8, 2021
RACISM DOESN’T NEED TO DEFEAT WHITE CHURCHES We read the history of our nation or even of our churches, and…
, - January 6, 2021
IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS'S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…
- December 30, 2020
HALF-HOUR BREAKS In this time of stress, we need to develop a list of ½ hour interruptions that we can…
- December 23, 2020
MAJORITY RULES This is an adaption of a community building game adapted to a church community. Explain that they are…
- December 18, 2020
CONTINUING TO REFLECT ON THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS. One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat…
, - December 16, 2020
I FIRST POSTED THIS IN 2006 BUT SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ARE PART OF OUR CURRENT PANDEMIC CONTEXT. Where…
- December 8, 2020
Shock and Awe: A church confesses its racism and is awed by God’s Invitation It almost scares me to suggest…
, - December 7, 2020
LISTENING WITH BOTH HEART AND MIND In all the posts and Blogs, we have been focusing on what can happen…
- December 6, 2020
CONSIDER THE FUN OF HAVING THE WHOLE CHURCH INVOLVED I’m going to offer you some sample sets of questions to…
- December 5, 2020
GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD TO GOD’S SELF You wouldn’t have read this far if you didn’t feel…
- December 4, 2020
WHEN RACISM AFFECTS MY ROMANTIC LIFE On the one hand, what I’m about to share is only a mildly amusing…
- December 3, 2020
DO YOU LOVE A GOOD STORY Consider Using Fiction to Discuss racism in a small group. One of the pleasures…
- December 2, 2020
EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION For over twenty years, the Presbyterian Interracial Dialogue deliberately provided opportunities for inter-racial study, worship, social events,…
- December 1, 2020
PEACE CORPS 1964 After graduating from college in 1963, I was convinced by another speaker that I chanced to hear…
- November 30, 2020
WHAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN I have found comfort in occasionally reviewing the many “what might not have happened” events…