Colors are neutral. A red apple is not a savage. White bread is not civilized. Black olives are not naturally inferior. We use colors to hide our hand in supporting prejudice, spreading propaganda, and participating in systems of oppression while picking up our...
01451 – God’s Loving Claim Upon Us
We are confronted by God's loving claim upon us--the most intense intimacy a human being can experience. To know this intimacy we have only to let go. Instead of relying on our own initiative, where we are in control, we discover that we are participating in what God...
01272 – Belong without Belonging?
Some people want to belong without belonging. They are the ones whose obituaries read, "Dorothy was a lifelong member of St. John's Church"--except that no one at St. John's can ever remember meeting her, although ninety-three-year-old Mrs. Smith thinks that maybe...
00009 – Singing and Worship
If singing “to God” or “to the Lord” could become our true focus, our passionate center—not the leadership style, the production and staging, or the music performance of our worship—what a difference it would make in our churches! Instead, our people often find...