We will face what is to come with wild and foolish grace. We will pray that God will grant us wisdom and courage. If you need a minute to grieve. That’s okay. But also know, as Howard Thurman told us, ours is a faith that teaches us how to survive. We will survive. And we will become the love-spreading difference-makers our world again so desperately needs.
Category Archives: Justice
On Greatness
A sermon on the “capable wife,” or as Rachel Held Evans called her “The Woman of Valor,” and the importance of understanding true greatness…
Where to Locate Hope
“If our faith isn’t about bringing hope to those who have been left out, what good is it? If our religion doesn’t teach us to listen to, and stand with, the women who persistently cry for justice, how can we call it Christian? If our faith isn’t about bringing liberation, for all God’s people, what are we even doing?”
The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing: No one building, no one experience, no one scripture, no one community can ever fully capture God with Solomon. I simply pray that this building, this community, can point in a Godward direction. I hope we can point to a God we will never fully capture. I hope we will point to a God who is always bigger than our church.
Mike Angell 