I had a challenging conversation with my 16-year-old son last night.
HOW TO FIGHT BACK WHEN PREJUDICE REARS ITS UGLY HEAD
Year C, Proper 7, June 23, 2019
First UMC ShelbyvilleJune 23, 2019
The short answer: Because I have considered the alternative.
But I suppose a longer explanation is in order. When judging an idea, whether having to do with religion, politics, culture–anything, really–an important question is: Compared to what? I know there are…
“Where would you…
Jesus Loves You, Seriously.
If you pay attention to the epistles, you will realise something remarkable: they treated the law like a leper: they dismissed…
“ My cup flowith over “, dear Jennifer, I am overjoyed for you! You deserve all the happiness, love and a life with NO guilt, for finally coming to the end of your long, agonizing and painful journey and being free from the horrible symptoms that kept you from living! You and Omar now have a wonderful life ahead of you! In my heart, if a “miracle “…
Galatians 3:23–29: 23Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. 24Therefore the law…
In his article Native People: Changing our Ways of Seeing, Michael Welton relates his experience in the 1960s as an evangelical Christian missionary among indigenous peoples of coastal British Columbia. As he later remarked,
I realized, painfully, that I had viewed native…
Exodus 7:11–12 (KJV)Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like…
(GRCAM Christian Component)
My favorite sermon for the week is by Pastor Jamal Bryant entitled “This Is Taking A Lot Out OF Me” best describe GRCAM Christian. The Grass Roots Community Activist Movement is a revolutionary 21st century community building approach to solving social problems within the black community. GRCAM is…
Sunday sermon 6–23–19
Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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Life can seem like alteration sometimes. Every step you take, you take something away or add something to what you already have. The demand of life is that every level you go to, you will need something that you didn’t have before. Alteration can be good or bad, because you alter to accommodate, and it…
