As I was getting ready to close up the church office for the Thanksgiving holiday, the usual raft of pre-holiday, pre-Advent thoughts were running through my mind — mostly centered around the perennial fistful of loose ends that never seem to get tied up in
Did God really change God’s mind? It is time for us to pay attention to what the conservative evangelicals are saying about scripture. It was self-proclaimed evangelicals that led the convicted felon, Donald Trump, to re-election. These evangelicals are funding, directing, and orchestrating the Trump
I have a good friend who dreads the holiday season, saying: “The holidays are upon my a##.” But it’s here anyway with all those upcoming expectations of Norman-Rockwell-print warm, loving, accepting images of Thanksgivings, Hanukkahs, and Christmas celebrations where families gather together to try to
Remarks prepared for a Transgender Day of Remembrance service in Atlanta, Ga. Ladies, gentlemen, and nonbinary siblings: Today, we gather with a shared purpose, unified in spirit and heart, as we mark Trans Day of Remembrance. It’s a day to honor the lives lost, to
After that election, how are you feeling? As for me, I’ll be processing my feelings for some time to come. I’ve noticed that they parallel the well-known seven stages of grief — shock and disbelief, denial, guilt and bargaining, sadness and regret, and anger. I
Dear Bro, Even at age 65, life remains so interesting, and things manage to keep changing faster than I can keep up. I’ve been reflecting on life a lot lately. Something about being this age and being able to collect Social Security has prompted it.
Elections always bring out the crazies, but this U.S. election cycle has been especially intense and filled with awful crazy stuff, including harmful and dangerous rhetoric. As I’m sure you’ve seen by now, especially if you live in one of the handful of battleground states,
Cultivating loving awareness in a world gone mad Spiritual speaker and author Mirabai Starr lost her 14-year-old daughter in a car accident in 2001. Starr describes it as a profound, shattering loss, and anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one — maybe
There are a lot of days of remembrance throughout the year for people who identify with letters in LGBTQ+. And that seems to be how it should be, for in the midst of that larger demographic there are subgroups who we don’t want to get
Preached at Gentle Spirit Christian Church, Atlanta, Ga. Reading: Mark 10:2-16 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” “What did Moses command you?” he replied. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a