Resources
Call to Worship: Christmas Eve “Tonight, the angels sing and the...
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Call to Worship: Mother’s Day “We come in response to ...
Use this link to download Call to Worship PDF. Sized so two copies may fit on a one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11...
No Palms? No Parades? No Problem
It feels strange, doesn’t it, to be cooped up inside today as we hear Luke’s bustling, jubilant, and very outdoorsy account of Jesus’ triumphal...
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Behind the Christian Nationalist View on Immigration
The second night of the Republican National Convention focused on the party’s No. 1 issue — immigration.
Donald Trump scuttled a bipartisan Senate bill on immigration and border...
Aligned
My father is Tennessee’s unofficial welcoming committee. A Virginia native who retired with my mother to her home state, he enjoys swapping stories with...
Saving ICWA and Native Tribes
In June 2023, the United States Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling that could determine the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act....
Split
At the start of each year in the United Kingdom, the monarch doles out “honors” to citizens who’ve contributed to the betterment of British society....
Sermon Remix
Listen to the Groans
Text: Romans 8:22-27
Some months ago, a friend referred me to an article in the July/August 2020 edition of Faith Today entitled “Listen to...
The Slender Thread of Hope
Text: Luke 2.1-14
Preached at FBC Winston-Salem on December 28, 2003
One of the things my wife and I most enjoy doing together is traveling. Day-trips...
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Abide These Three: Love
23:33
Abide These Three :Hope
28:02
Abide These Three: Faith
33:48
The Way of the Lord
16:43
Beyond Boundaries
18:58
Our Mothering Father
18:53
I am the Vine (Illustrated with Street Art from Baltimore)
11:41
Walking with the Good Shepherd
16:33
Jesus' Life and Martin's Death illustrated
20:39
Jesus People
24:04
Jesus' Life and Martin's Death
20:40
Unchanging Changes Everything
26:34
Waiting Room
33:23
Worship in the Wilderness
29:13
Crossed Bat Signals
21:34
Book Reviews
A Review and a Reckoning Part 1
After listening to Clint Smith speak in an interview about his book How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery...
A Review and a Reckoning Part 2
While planning my daughters’ homeschool history lessons I stumbled across Wheatlands Plantation about an hour away from where we’ve been living in Tennessee. Not...
Daughters of Rizpah: Working Through Trauma
Buttry, Sharon A. and Daniel L. Buttry. Daughters of Rizpah: Nonviolence and the Transformation of Trauma. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2020.
Sharon and Dan Buttry...
World of Meaning
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Howard Thurman (April 10), an early twentieth century African-American theologian, poet, pastor, and activist...
Books for Reckoning with White Supremacy in the American Church
The Cross and the Lynching Tree, James H. Cone (2011)
The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, Jemar Tisby...
