What do you know of Zanesville, Ohio? History buffs might enjoy its distinct Y-shaped bridge or explore its history as part of the Underground…
Tag: Racial Justice
Preaching in Times of Upheaval
Knowing that your preaching is limited in possible impact, don’t see proclamation as your primary witness.
Edgar Bazan ~ Racism & Bias: We All Suffer
Racism denies the image of God in humankind. It seeks to destroy God’s likeness in every person, both in those who invite and ignore racism, and in those who are the recipients of it, repudiating what God created and the way God created it.
Biblical Posture in Public Life: Witness & Injustice
Peacemaking cannot be separated from truth-telling. It involves calling injustice by name.
Kevin Murriel ~ Pressing through the Pain
Note: Today as we reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and the state of our church and our nation today, we revisit these…
Wesleyan Accent ~ In Their Words: When Pastors Face Prejudice
If we could love ourselves with compassion and have self-awareness of our needs and suffering, we would be able to relate to others and treat them in the way we would like to be treated.
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ Charlottesville: Do They Really Not See?
Faith can easily get mixed with culture, wherever and whenever Christian faith exists.
Karen Bates ~What We’re Missing when Multiethnic Women Are Absent from Pastoral Staffs
Limits that people try to put on women do not change the identity God has given them as ministers of the Gospel.
Wesleyan Accent ~ In Their Words: When Pastors Face Prejudice
It took me some time to share these reflections because in recalling these experiences, it was like pulling the Band-Aid off the wound. Some wounds never really heal because another one plops on top of it. They just become scar tissue that irritates us under the skin.