Social Justice

Pastoral Reflection on Current Events

Dear members and friends, I was deeply troubled by what I witnessed at our nation’s Capitol Building last Wednesday. I submitted an...

Brothers

When I was in first grade, Ben Wells was my best friend. His family and mine lived in identical duplexes next to each other on an Air...

Fighting Racism

It seems that not a day passes without another story of racism rearing its ugly head in our nation or our metro area. Recently two...

Nobody is an Illegal

To define a person as “illegal” negates their personhood and status as a child of God. Such language dehumanizes our neighbor. I believe t

Neighbor Love: A New LCR Ministry

he work of this ministry will include: being a community of love, hospitality, and fellowship for Sanctuary Congregations (not LCR, but thos

Struggling to Welcome the Stranger

We have complete control of the events taking place in our nation as they pertain to deportation of upstanding, contributing neighbors.

To Be More Fully Known

I encounter the other not to know more about them, but to be more fully known by God. Perhaps in this way the gas station becomes holy groun

A Letter About Immigration in America

“You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt." - Exodus...

God Loves You, No Exceptions!

“Put your hands in the hand of the man who stilled the water. Put your hands in the hand of the man who calmed the sea. Take a look at...

CHRISTMAS REMINDS US: WE WORSHIP A REFUGEE

“Nine in 10 Protestant pastors in the United States say that, as Christians, we have a biblical responsibility to care for refugees and...