What did Jesus look like?  What should he look like?  These are both important questions.  Earlier this summer (2020), in the midst of a wave of statues around the country being torn down and defaced for honoring or being perceived to be honoring someone who was involved in slavery or

This is a story about the kind of relationships I want with and for all people. [Today I am finishing up a writing series about race and current events I started at the beginning of July 2020 (see “Black Power & Little Micah,” “Measuring The Problem,” “Profiled,” and “The Cost

Slavery is not the path to success, and once we see that, our history reveals an important lesson for us all. [It is the last week of July 2020.  At the beginning of the month I started writing about race and current events (see “Black Power & Little Micah,” “Measuring

Black people in America deal with more negative racial profiling than any other group of people. [It is the third week of July 2020.  At the beginning of the month I started writing about race and current events (see “Black Power & Little Micah” and “Measuring The Problem”) with the

I am blessed with having some wonderful nerds in my life.  They love numbers and working with numbers to help them understand and explain the world. [It is the second week of July 2020.  Last week (see “Black Power & Little Micah“) I started writing about race and current events

I was stunned when I first heard it some years ago, but in a number of variations, I hear it far more frequently these days – “Black people don’t have power.” It is typically well-intentioned white people that say things like this, but I find it blatantly inaccurate, demeaning, disrespectful,

[This letter has been stripped of its personal identifiers and shared in hopes that it might be of benefit to someone else.] To my young black friend, I know we’ve had a lot of good conversations over the years, but there are some things I wanted to write down for

I see drug addicts every day.  I know most of them by name and many of their stories.  For many of them, their life is singularly focused on one thing – their next hit.  They might think of something else for a little while, but their thoughts, their attention, their

This is a two-part series on the Coronavirus situation in America under the themes of anger and hope. First, the place for anger – “Things Didn’t Have to be This Way.” Today, Coronavirus (or CV) is the third leading cause of death in the United States.  Unless something unforeseen happens,

We live in a world now (Spring 2020) where caring for your health is a way of loving your neighbor. We’ve been circulating this information around our church for the past month or so. Hopefully it can be a help to you. You can view it below or download and