SubscribeWhen Robert’s rules dismiss God’s love (0)
3/09/10 •
I shifted in my seat as one more question rang out from the table where I was sitting. With each persistent query, the air in the generally placid, perfunctory meeting grew tense. The questioner’s tone became more aggressive, the answerer’s more defensive. Voices were raised. A temper or two flared. I kept thinking, “I plopped down [...]
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Righteous Mind with Rev. Cynthia T. Turner (0)
3/06/10 •
This has been a season of things breaking, about to break, or crippled to the point of being broken. The gutters above my porch. The check engine light on the car again. The railing outside my mother’s door. And the Bruno Stair Chair Lift in my mother’s home. Perhaps that’s the one that hurts the most because it is designed to carry my mother.
It’s [...]
Weather’s got me wondering (0)
3/04/10 •
I don’t know the context for this quote, but I do find it apropos on this fine sunny winter day whose normalcy belies the crazy weather we’ve experienced so far this year. “If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm,” someone wisely remarked.
Since January, people in various corners of [...]
Is the black church dead? (0)
3/03/10 •
“The Black Church is Dead” declared an article that’s making its way around the internet and that has become a topic of discussion among clergy and laity alike. The article posits the esteemed black church that was once “central to black life and a repository for the social and moral conscience of the nation has [...]
Feasting on faith amid adversity (0)
3/02/10 •
Leah had been in the kitchen preparing a salad when my friend Lynne and I arrived at her home. She warmly greeted us at the front door and, returning to the kitchen, asked if we would like something to eat. When we both declined, she seemed a little at a loss for what to do next. She’s a daughter and niece [...]
