Moral Preaching In Times Of Racial Crisis
Americans are passing through a complicated time in this nation’s history, a time marked by intellectual and moral chaos and rancor. During such times we need to have conversations about Continue Reading
Category: Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation
Worship and Proclamation Post-Disaster and Pre-Recovery
When the storm has passed and the roads are tamed and we are the survivors of a collective shipwreck. ~Alexis Valdes BEFORE… A typical day contained scheduled appointments with people Continue Reading
Protected: When the Human Touch Means So Much…
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Rest on the Battle Field
A TIME FOR EVERYTHING? The Salvation Army is a bustling community with a vast number of people looking for ways to help the disenfranchised of society. Most people are familiar Continue Reading
From Charity to Solidarity: Emancipatory Hope for Women Against the Tide of Systemic Injustice
During the late spring/early summer of 2015 I found myself traveling across the state of Texas speaking to members of the five regions of the Eighth Episcopal District of the Continue Reading
Don’t Drop the Baton
Dropping the Baton… At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio the U.S. Women’s 4×100 relay team was disqualified during the finals qualifying heat when Allyson Felix dropped the baton after Continue Reading
Nurturing Pastoral Imagination in African American Clergy
An Education for Life Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was founded in 1868 by Hawaiian missionary and an agent of the Freedman’s Bureau Samuel Chapman Armstrong, three years after Continue Reading
CONSTRUCTING A EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION OF TẾT
INTRODUCTION What does it mean in particular to be a Christian and to be Vietnamese-American, and what makes it unique? For many second-generation Vietnamese Americans, knowing how to express their Continue Reading
Catch the Spirit
Introduction to Ministry Context National Wesleyan Church (NWC)is a predominantly Afro Caribbean/African congregation located in the City of Hyattsville, MD, approximately one mile outside the Nation’s Capital, Washington DC. The Continue Reading
Demigods, Demagogues, and Deliverers
WELCOME TO THIS BLOG AN OLD PROBLEM For over two centuries African-American pastors and spiritual leaders have been perceived to be demigods, demagogues, and/or deliverers. Such a perception births a Continue Reading