Category Archives: Faith

Everything Is Cool, Everything’s OK

It’s the Christmas season, but of course loss does not stop.  People lose their jobs, their health, their marriages.  They lose their lives or the lives of those they love.  This year I didn’t want to let a milestone anniversary … Continue reading

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The Cross and the Lynching Tree

The Video below* shows about 8 minutes of what I consider one of the most powerful sermon talks ever: James H. Cone’s meditation joining the brutal death of Jesus on the cross to the brutal deaths of nearly 3500 Blacks … Continue reading

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Does It Matter If I’m a Racist?

This is the LEAD POST in a series based on the workshop BECOMING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY: TALKING ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA.  It was developed by a committee of United Methodist lay and clergy persons from the Northern Illinois Conference.  See … Continue reading

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