My Thoughts – BlackkKlansman
I’m not a movie critic. Sometimes when I read what others have written about movies, my own thoughts seem to be so inadequate. Maybe if I saw more movies, and then chose to review them [...]
Growing up racist #5…or I never knew that
I've been reading the very good, but very uncomfortable to read book, "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America." It's been a slow read for me, but from an historical [...]
Can anything good come out of …? Today’s sermon
Can anything good come out of Oxnard? I remember an encounter in my first days here at Our Redeemer. It was with Rusty Jackson, a long time (but not his entire life) Oxnard resident and [...]
Growing Up Racist – #3
"So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." -Genesis 1:27 I love the first creation story in Genesis. I love the poetic way [...]
Quit when it's hard? No Way!
Most of us have contemplated quitting something. Sometime our reasons are perfectly valid, but not always. I've been thinking about this topic, quitting, after my latest fall while hiking (read about it here: Overdoing It). I [...]
Growing up Racist #2
"For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death." 2 Corinthians 7:10 What is godly grief? I think of it as the regret, or better, [...]
Growing up racist – #1
"for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable." (Romans 11:29) I'm writing today to my white skinned sisters and brothers... Racism is the great challenge facing our country today (and yesterday and the [...]
The Stumbling Stone – Sermon for August 13, 2017
Romans 9:30-10:15 The beginning of the text… “What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith; but Israel, who did strive for [...]