As we enter a new year, I’m going to go out on a not-very-long limb and declare 2016 the Year of the Displaced. I do this to call attention to the fact that “one out of every 122 people alive today is someone who, at some point, was forced to leave his or her home“. …
All I can say about the movie “Selma” is that it ought to be mandatory viewing in every high school in the country. And there are a million reasons why. But mainly, the civil rights movement is now so far in the rearview mirror that we have generations of young people who have no idea …
If there was ever a time for the Christian Church to step up and step out, now is the time. The Church has historically been not only slow but hesitant to stand up for justice and mercy. It was too slow in responding to the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Liberation Movement, the genocides in …
Ebola: Pastoral Statement on the Virus and Our Response Read More »
Originally, I was planning on writing a blog concerning “Marriage Equality”. Last night that all changed as I attended a community event called, “Facing Sex Trafficking: Atlanta’s Dirty Little Secret”. What I experienced, heard and saw has caused such a level of disruption to my soul as to cause me to vomit upon arriving …
Let us start with a definition according to “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”. Now there are lots of other -isms’s that could be brought up which are just as brutal, unfair, and theologically incorrect. However, if we could just get to a place where we really understand what “racism” is and where it takes us, then …
Are There Multiple -isms, or Really Just One? Um, Yes. Read More »
The events of yesterday (the execution of Troy Davis) have unsettled me in a way I did not think was possible. Let me try to explain. A few years back there was a TV show called “In the Heat of the Night”. It was a spin-off of the movie by the same name. The TV …
In the last few days if I have been asked once I have been asked a dozen times…why would we sign on with the Somos Georgia / We Are Georgia’s BuySpot & Sanctuary Zone Community? The answer is pretty simple, as Christians, as persons of deep faith we have an obligation to stand up and …
Let me start by saying that in the deepest part of my soul I am opposed to “capital punishment”. The hairs on my neck crawl when the State of Georgia injects killing poisons through the veins of anyone allegedly on my behalf. I take seriously the teaching of Jesus, which say the “one without sin” …
A little less than a year ago, I wrote a blog concerning the Arizona Immigration law. So if much of this blog looks familiar, forgive me but what was written this past spring still applies especially in view of what is about to happen in Georgia. It is my prayer this gets a serious read. …
I was a little fuzzy as to what I wanted to write about or what thoughts to express in this particular blog. To be honest as a person of faith, who has a strong desire for decency, justice and mercy, I must say the new Arizona law concerning illegals is more then just a little …
The Church’s Actual History on Immigration Might Surprise You Read More »