Long Road to Justice
Having just spent a day in Memphis, Tennessee, I am reminded of how much of our shared experience has been an impulse towards justice – and how much has been retrenchment into the compulsion for control to benefit a few. The day was one of contrasts. In the morning, staff from the appropriately named Hope Credit […]
Outward Journey – May 30, 2023
“The outward journey is not to be confused with the way of the crowd. Those on an outward journey can see the neighbor. Their world includes the technological age, the modern metropolis. They are concerned with shaping the church for responsible involvement. While it is a crucial mistake to assume that churches can be on […]
Inward Journey – May 29, 2023
“This is a book about the “narrow gate,” which will henceforth be referred to as the inward journey. It is a book concerned with the renewal of the church, for it holds that renewal cannot come to the church unless its people are on an inward journey.” –Elizabeth O’Connor, Journey Inward, Journey Outward, p. 9
Beloved Is Where We Begin – Mar. 10, 2023
“If you would enterinto the wilderness,do not beginwithout a blessing. Do not leavewithout hearingwho you are:Beloved,named by the Onewho has traveled this pathbefore you. Do not gowithout letting it echoin your ears,and if you findit is hardto let into your heart,do not despair.That is whatthis journey is for. …” –Jan Richardson, excerpt from “Beloved Is […]
