This post is dedicated to two Steves: Steven Hamilton and Steve Schenk. You can check out Steven Hamilton on his blog Verve and Verse writing about theology, church, and his future plans to start a faith community in Pittsburgh and you can check out Steve Schenk writing on his blog Damascus 9 about his adventures [...]
Posts Tagged ‘social justice’
Manifesto of a Race Transcending Prophet
Posted: November 6, 2011 in theology, social justice, culture, christianity, global, multiethnic, personal, diversity, African American, inspirationTags: jesus, social justice, ethnicity, culture, justice, race, martin luther king jr., malcolm x, mother teresa, cesar chavez, buddha, prophet, dream
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Scapegoating….
Posted: September 9, 2010 in culture, global, social justice, theologyTags: african american, christian life, church mission philosophy ministry, diversity, immigration, marginalized and oppressed, social justice
Scapegoating is on the rise these days. I believe we all have a need to find someone or something to blame. This is not anything new. It has been done to my people for years. Once we were emancipated from slavery, the embittered Southern poor blamed African Americans for all of their problems and they [...]
Posted: December 24, 2008 in christianity, social justice, theology
Tags: jesus, marginalized and oppressed, social justice, spiritual
He came to his own and his own people did not receive him John 1:11 Sometimes our search for belonging ends up empty because we do not realize that life as a believer is always full of paradox and tension. Why? It is because our Lord and Master is full of paradox and tension. Fully [...]
