50 Years Ago Today

Dear Friends in Christ, “But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads usin triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every placethe fragrance that comes from knowing him” (2 Corinthians 2:14). While gathered in Milwaukee for the Churchwide Assembly (August...

A Metanoia Movement

Dear Friends in Christ, “I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the messageto you and teaching you publicly and from house to house,as I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward Godand faith toward our Lord Jesus.” (Acts 20:20-21)....

Commemorating the Emanuel Nine

On June 17, 2015, Clementa C. Pinckney, Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel Lee Simmons, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson were murdered by a self-professed white supremacist while...

Crossing Barriers

Dear Friends in Christ, “I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the messageto you and teaching you publicly and from house to house,as I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance towardGod and faith toward our Lord Jesus.” (Acts 20:20-21)....

Beat by Beat and Drip by Drip

Dear Friends in Christ, “Whoever is faithful in a very little, is faithful also in much…”(Luke 16:10a). A few years back, I developed a stress fracture in my lower leg and had to stop running for a while. My doctor said, “You could swim at the YMCA!” I replied, “Have...