Month: April 2018
A Theology of Refuge: How the Good Samaritan Helps Us Come Alongside Refugees
The imago Dei informs how the Church can respond to refugeeism with the eyes and fingerprint of the Father. The Spirit of Pentecost reveals how Christians are radically helped, accompanied, and sustained by the Holy...
The Things We Do Instead of Writing
I love to write. I want to write and I want to be a writer. So why do I so often find ways to do anything except write? The fact of the matter is, even...
The First Time Martin Luther King Saw the Power of Nonviolence
After the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963—an act of terror that killed four young girls during Sunday School and injured 22 others preparing for the church’s youth day—Martin Luther...
How Did Martin Luther King Deal with Constant Threats?
Martin Luther King, Jr., was the subject of constant threats. Because of his position as the de facto leader of the civil rights movement, it is perhaps as unsurprising as it is unfortunate that so...
Writing Tracker – Week 13 (March 25 – 31)
Writers write. That’s the bottom line. I’m happy to report that I picked up the writing game last week. After a couple weeks in a lull, I nearly doubled my output. That’s thanks in large...
A Theology of Refuge: Seeing Refugees in the Radical Light of Pentecost
At Pentecost, God sent his Spirit to his people—the Church—in order that they might have a helper, an ever-present companion, and a source of sustenance along their pilgrimage. Because the Spirit lit upon and within...