Jan 12, 2021 | Mission, Practices
Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport Today? If they saw him riding in, long hair flying in the wind Would they love him down in Shreveport today? If they heard he was a Jew, and a Palestinian too Would they love him down in Nashville today? If they saw him talk with...
Sep 4, 2020 | Mission, Practices
There once was a nursing home in a small town. You know how small towns are. Everybody knows everybody, everybody knows who’s in charge, so nothing ever changes, for so long that people stop trying. You know how nursing homes are for nursing-home workers. Low pay,...
Aug 24, 2020 | Mission, Practices
What do you think of when hear “bearing the cross”? You may think of wearing, not bearing, a cross. Like little gold crosses: pretty, inoffensive jewelry. You may think of bigger gold crosses on necklaces, proudly, defiantly worn against Christian persecution in...
Jul 22, 2020 | Mission, Practices
John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) just passed away. So many words have been written about him that one more post won’t add much. So just one small thought from his memoir, Walking With the Wind. Congressman John Lewis was a kid in college in Nashville when the sit-ins at...
Jul 1, 2020 | Mission, Practices
Black Lives Matter. I’m white, and I’m talking mostly to white people. We white people have the most work to do. In The Way of Mission, we follow Jesus’ admonition to take up our crosses and follow. It’s a way of sacrifice. Lose your life to save it. Let me tell you a...
