A Mending Shift

a bird sings, not because if has an answer to give, but because it has a song to sing … this is my song

Video reading of my letter to Gays and Lesbians (GLBT): I Stand With You

| May 15, 2011

ShareHere is a personal video of me reading my letter to homosexuals: I Stand With You. If you know someone who you feel needs to hear this, please feel free to pass it on. To be honest, I wrestled with the decision to record this video, but decided to so there is a person behind [...]

Letter to Gays and Lesbians (LGBT): I Stand With You

| May 11, 2011

Share [Leerlo en Español] [Watch the video reading] I don’t know what it is like to be black and carry the weight of years of oppression and racism on my shoulders. To pull myself up out of that oppression. To feel different and lacking simply because of the color of my skin. I am white. [...]

As a Former Pastor, I Ask You to Forgive Me…

| April 6, 2011

ShareThis is in the same spirit as my Wounded Image of God post , which prompted this post by Jeff . I have something that I said 15 years ago as a pastor that haunts me to this day. This haunting memory came flooding to the surface, complete with tears, by this comment I read [...]