How do you stop a bad habit? How do you silence an off-color joke? How do you unsee something outlandish, and how do you undo something that has been done for years, centuries, and even longer? That is the dilemma … Continue reading The Other Side Of The Track
Othering is a way that we create distance between ourselves and other human beings. Operating from an “us versus them” mentality, it can be a form of denial and a crafty defense mechanism. I co-facilitate a workshop with Dr. Alana … Continue reading I’m not like “those people”
This morning, my son’s best friend—I’ll call him Danny—got dropped off at our house before school. Normally, Danny rides the school bus that picks him up near his own house. But this week, his parents are driving him over here … Continue reading Un-Othering the Otherers
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “if you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32)[1]! In American society, we … Continue reading The Truth will set Us Free!
The spiritual deficit of not welcoming the stranger by Lisa Colón DeLay If we let it, this story can expose our own notions and shortcomings related to hospitality and those in need. How do we—both as individuals and as a … Continue reading The Refugee Problem?
As the NCAA Basketball season launches. I can already hear the sweet sounds of a kiss off of a plexiglass backboard, the twine snap, and the screech of the NBA’s newest designer shoes on the hardwood. Rivalries are on the … Continue reading The Games People Play: Silly Season
Supremacy is often masked as patriotism then slapped with the label Christian. No clearer is this seen than in the Great Replacement Theory (GRT), a “dark and extreme ideology” which essentially says that nonwhites are replacing white people and white … Continue reading Theological Consequences of GRT
Have you ever heard the term White Suffrage, Black Suffrage, or Women’s Suffrage? The Latin word Suffrage has two sacred meanings, one a civic function and the other a spiritual discipline. It is defined as: “the right to vote, especially … Continue reading Your Consecrated Vote
Record-breaking temperatures across the world this summer serve as a harsh reminder, along g with other climate-related weather events such as flooding over vast portions of the continental U.S. and a longer and more active hurricane season, that phenomena once … Continue reading Climate Change Does Not Pose an Equal Opportunity Threat
