On August 28th, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of an endless sea of black Americans and white Americans and gave these words to the longings of every soul who had gone to incredible lengths to stand with him on that hot summer day: And so even

A few weeks ago a gentleman at our church asked me why I spend so much of my time addressing crime in the neighborhood.  It was one of those questions that is so simple to ask, while the answer is so big and has so many layers. For starters, we

A couple of years ago my wife Carrie was driving through our neighborhood with several black teenagers in her minivan – mostly boys I believe. They were all friends of ours and part of our church. As they drove past a patrol car, the officer inside looked at them, pulled