As events unfolded on Monday in Blacksburg Virginia, I felt a familiar hollowness in my chest. That sinking empty feeling, like something palpable dropping somewhere deep inside me brought about a frightening sense that I had been here before. Eight years ago yesterday, I remember sitting in English class when I heard the door open.Continue reading "Virginia Tech, Columbine, and Life"
A Better World Through Global Living
My friend Rob plans to spend next year living and working in Tijuana Mexico with migrant laborers. We sat down this weekend to talk about what it meant to spend part of your life living "out there." What does it mean? I was struck by how many people I know and love who are livingContinue reading "A Better World Through Global Living"
Were you There?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? This question sits heavy on our chests over the days of Holy Week. Today is Holy Saturday, and today the tomb is full. Jesus has died a miserable and tortured death. I just spent a week with students in El Salvador and every day we asked, "WhatContinue reading "Were you There?"
Ash Wednesday sermon UCSD
So this is a bit out-dated, but it's my sermon from Ash Wednesday at UCSD: God of Reconciliation, restore us to unity with you and with one another, that we might practice your ministry of reconciliation in the Ashes of our broken world. AMEN Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time inContinue reading "Ash Wednesday sermon UCSD"
Mike Angell 