Entrusted to Act – Dec. 9, 2021
“Obviously, Martin Luther King was exceptional and he was dispatched by God in a peculiar way, and I think the same thing is true about William Barber now, but that doesn’t let the rest of us off the hook. The same mandate is available to those of us who are less gifted. We are entrusted […]
Prophetic Action – Dec. 8, 2021
“On a muggy June morning in South Carolina, a young black woman named Bree Newsome scaled the thirty-foot flagpole outside the state capitol building and removed its Confederate flag. As police and protestors shouted at her from the ground, Newsome, just thirty years old and wearing a helmet and harness, shouted back, “In the name […]
Judgement and Hope – Dec. 7, 2021
“A prophet is someone that tries to articulate the world as though God were really active in the world. And, that means on the one hand, to identify those parts of our world order that are contradictory to God, and on the other hand, it means to talk about the will and purpose that God […]
Longing for Prophets – Dec. 6, 2021
“Would that all God’s people were prophets. Would that God would put the Spirit on all of them.” –Numbers 11:29