

How Can the Church Address Racism?
How Can the Church Address Racism? This seems to be increasingly becoming the question of our age. This is not a simple issue to even begin to address as it is as old as humanity and as complex as humanity as well. Of course now that I say that, I also have to admit to myself that the issue of how we human beings are called to treat one another is not complicated because Jesus laid it out very clearly and simply. Jesus said time and time again to love our neighbor and to lo


Giving Up Something For Lent?
Giving up Something for Lent?? Like New Years resolutions I struggle with giving up things for Lent. I struggle with it for two main reasons. First, it seems to me as if most people are flippant about deciding what they are going to give up. Chocolate seems to be the most common choice and let’s be honest, I love chocolate. So that brings me to the second main reason, I am not sure if I will have the will power to complete my Lenten fast. This year I am not planning on gi