Take a stand and unite around local causes

Last week, many communities in the South saw droves of people turn out for Chick-Fil-A Appreciation day.  Although I stayed home to eat a politically irrelevant tuna sandwich, I experienced the back-and-forth of opinions that day on Facebook. Some people mentioned in their status updates that they were taking a stand for one reason orContinue reading “Take a stand and unite around local causes”

An Easter community inspires mutual welcome between strangers

What does it mean to be Easter people, a people who have seen Christ embrace us from atop a cross in spite of our sin?  It means accepting God’s hospitable invitation to new way of being community for one another. In a recent Christian Century article, ethicist Christine Pohl states that a best practice for buildingContinue reading “An Easter community inspires mutual welcome between strangers”