I’m in the process of redesigning this blog and working more intentionally on branding, so I haven’t been posting. But I couldn’t let this moment past. You can see the post below as a kind of follow-up to a brief post I did several years ago. ————————————————————————– Rochelle and I saw ‘The Help’ this weekend [...]
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Why You Didn’t Like ‘The Help’ As Much As You Think You Did.
Posted: August 17, 2011 in advocacy, authentically black, books, change, church, history, justice, race relations, reconciliation, Twitter18
This post is an annual repost that seeks to help people from non-liturgical traditions – like mine – understand and be blessed by the wonderful season of Lent which begins this Wednesday. ===================================================== This past Sunday I preached about addictions – idols really; those things we allow into our lives believing that they offer life, [...]
Connecting….
Posted: February 1, 2011 in advocacy, books, family, fatherhood, home, leadership, ministryLast Thursday evening I participated in the Common Ground Speaker Series which my daughter’s school supports. The evening’s speaker was Dr. Ned Hallowell. Harvard and Tulane educated, Dr. Hallowell specializes in advice on how to survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra fast, attention deficit society while remaining sane, how to raise happy children, the art of forgiveness [...]
The All-Powerful Pastor (a rant)
Posted: December 17, 2010 in advocacy, church, leadership, life, preaching, priorities, productivity, ranting, spiritual formationI’m sick of it! And if you’re a pastor/preacher/minister, you’re likely sick of it too. You’ve seen all the tweets and articles in magazines that act as if the pastor is a singular human in their organization, capable of creating and sustaining wonderful health and growth all by his or her own lonesome. Here are [...]
How To Read (a Saturday repost)
Posted: November 13, 2010 in advocacy, books, leadership, reading, words, writingI read a lot. I don’t even get to read everything that I want. At this very moment, I have 633 articles waiting review on Google Reader and I just cleared it out 5 minutes ago. I am in the midst of 4 great books, and am constantly reading and reviewing books, reading articles for [...]
There was much news yesterday that Atheist and Agnostics know more about religion than religious folks. I didn’t find it surprising. We must remember that there are streams within Christianity that have taken the Apostle Paul’s teaching that knowledge “puffs up” to mean that it’s OK to be uniformed. To be fair, the quiz is [...]
