Tuesday night during a rally in Phoenix, President Trump stated: “They’re trying to take away our culture. They’re trying to take away our history. And our weak leaders, they do it overnight. These things have been there for 150 years, for 100 years. You go back to a university, and it’s gone. Weak, weak people.”… Continue reading “They’re Trying to Take Away Our Culture”
Nine months and four days ago, riding my bicycle home with Angie and Joey from Octoberfest, my life entered the cusp of leave this world. For days, death was held in the balance. For weeks, my mental capacities continued to hang in the balance. For me, this July 4th is not an Independence Day. Today,… Continue reading Healing America
The last year has seen increased attention given in the popular media to implicit or unconscious bias, for instance: A May 2014 Inquiring Minds interview with neuroscientist David Omodio A November 2014 CNN report on racism without racists A 2-part This American Life story that aired February 2015 (part 1 & part 2). Also check out the Harvard Project Implicit website and… Continue reading Managing Implicit Bias
As Luke describes it in chapter 4, Jesus returned from 40 days in the desert in the power of the Spirit. He went through the country surrounding Galilee teaching in the synagogues. He came to Nazereth and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath. He stood to read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah… Continue reading TCBC Youth Mission Trip Morning/Evening Discussion Summary
The following story is an historical fiction. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of hearing the stories of many different people that I’ve met in East St. Louis, Decatur, Urbana-Champaign, or my hometown of Benton Harbor, MI. It would be wrong of me to tell their personal stories, for I did not live them… Continue reading An Historical Fiction
