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5 Guidelines for Building a Racially and Culturally Diverse Church Staff
One of the best ways to communicate a goal of racial and cultural diversity is to have a diversified staff. Actions do speak louder than words.
In the Meantime, Part 4
One of the down sides of unemployment is that people think you must have nothing to do. You may get requests for childcare or lunch meetings or house sitting that you have zero interest in doing.
Crossroads: God Is Our Refuge
I was terrified of thunderstorms as a child. The thunder would get so loud that I just knew something bad would happen to me.
Formations 01.31.2020: A God Who Speaks My Language
When I teach Old Testament, I ask my students whom they would cast as God in the six-day creation story in Genesis 1. The answers are usually actors with a deep, commanding voice.
Connections 01.31.2021: Not Taking Evil for Granted
Jesus’ miracles had a purpose: they announced that God’s reign in the world had arrived in Jesus. So when Jesus cast evil spirits out of people, it was an announcement that God’s power to defeat evil was with Jesus.
Putting on Layers
Since October, my church has been meeting for socially distanced, fully masked, outdoor worship at 10 a.m. each Sunday.