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2025
Weekly Reflection: The War Within – Faith Over Fear
At the recent called gathering of hundreds of the military's highest ranking officers, President...
Weekly Reflection: Support the Troops?
Hundreds of high ranking military leaders were summoned to a mandatory meeting this week called...
Weekly Reflection: We Can’t Have It Both Ways
The murder of Charlie Kirk is a flashpoint that continues to contribute to the deep divisions in...
Weekly Reflection: From Dog Whistle to Bull Horn – Are We Listening?
Preface: The Weekly Reflection posted below this preface was written shortly before news broke of...
Weekly Reflection: Suffering and Systems
This past week was the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It devastated the city of New...
Weekly Reflection: The Legacy of Emmett Till for Today
70 years ago this week, on August 28, 1955, Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in...
Weekly Reflection: Accompanying Jesus to Court
In response to the ongoing trauma of potential deportation for immigrants trying to comply with...
Weekly Reflection: Ms. Rachel and Rahaf
If you know a toddler, you know about Ms. Rachel. Because of our two year old granddaughter, I can...
Weekly Reflection: Arresting Jesus Again and Again
The lie was a promise to arrest, detain, and deport "the worst of the worst known criminals." The...
Weekly Reflection: Servant Leadership
As we reflect on the 60 years since the Voting Rights Act, we must ask: what kind of leadership do...
Echoes of a Red Summer: Lessons for Today’s Church
The summer of 1919, often referred to as the "Red Summer," stands as a stark and painful chapter...
Weekly Reflection: Good Trouble Lives On
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the death of John Lewis. He was one of the most...
2024
Weekly Reflection: Paying the Price at the Polls
Earlier this week, my wife and I voted in this year's national election. The process of early...
Weekly Reflection: A Dangerous Dog Whistle
The term "dog whistle" has at least two different meanings. It refers to a kind of whistle used in...
Weekly Reflection: The Most Memorable Speech at the DNC
Political conventions are full of speeches by famous people. This week in Chicago, the Democtatic...
Weekly Reflection: The Power of Perseverance
Along with many others, I spent much of the last two weeks watching the Olympics in Paris. There...
Weekly Reflection: Happy 100th Birthday to an American Prophet
August 2 is the 100th birthday of the American prophet James Baldwin. In the Biblical tradition, a...
Weekly Reflection: Preemptive Nonviolence
Since the horrific assassination attempt against former President Trump that killed one man and...
Weekly Reflection: Civil Rights and Backlash
This month is the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous and important civil rights...
Weekly Reflection: The Fight for Freedom 1776 and 1964
Our best known and celebrated national holiday is The Fourth of July. On this date each summer, we...
Weekly Reflection: The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” Comes Home
Last week our nation observed Juneteenth. It became our most recent national holiday in 2021. By...
Celebrating Juneteenth
This week our nation observed Juneteenth!! It was June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the...
Remembering Medgar Evers
June is a very significant month in the history of African Americans' long struggle for freedom....
Weekly Reflection: June – A Wedding Month For All
Traditionally June is known as a month for weddings. Yet for much of our nation's history, this...
2023
Weekly Reflection: How Dr. King Honored Veterans
Our nation recently celebrated Veteran’s Day that honors those who served in various branches of...
Weekly Reflection: Voices of Pain and Peace
This week marked one month since the Hamas terrorist attacks in which around 1400 Israelis were...
Weekly Reflection: The Call for Ceasefire – Over There and Here
Even as the horrific violence escalates in the Israel-Hamas war, voices around the world are...
Weekly Reflection: “There Is Actually Love”
Ever since the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel on October 7, the stories of...
Weekly Reflection: The Horror and The Hope
For almost two weeks, news about violence and death in Israel-Palestine has dominated daily media...
Weekly Reflection: Holding On To Humanity
I was supposed to be in Israel-Palestine this week. Two days before our group was scheduled to...
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