Living Local
The Color Of Jesus
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
Race & A Road-Trip
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
The Cost of Slavery – And an Important Lesson
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
Profiled
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
Measuring The Problem
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
Black Power And Little Micah
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,
To My Young Black Friend
[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
The Love of Power
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
Things Didn’t Have To Be This Way
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,
How To Not Get Sick
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