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...
Beyond Boundaries
In my humble estimation, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts chapter 8 is one of the most overlooked stories in...
Walking with the Good Shepherd
Texts: 1 John 3: 16-24 and John 10:11-18
A post containing a written copy of "Walking with the Good Shepherd" is available here.
“I am the good shepherd,”...
Walking with the Good Shepherd
Texts: 1 John 3: 16-24 and John 10:11-18
Like many millions of people not only in the United States but around the world, I...
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...
Jesus’ Life and Martin’s Death
This Easter Sunday marks the brightest dawn the world has ever known paired with the anniversary of one of the darkest evenings America has...
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...
“Food Bank” for Education
“Every child deserves the best opportunity to be their best self,” is the guiding principle behind Canada’s first “education bank” as envisioned by Theresa...
Movies to End Mass Incarceration
Film is a powerful medium for bringing issues to light and inspiring change. As part of "Locked in Solidarity," the Christian Community Development Association's...
Back to the Bridge
Texts: Amos 5, Jonah 3.1-5, 10 and Mark 1.14-20
The first in a two part series inspired by Ava DuVernay’s film, Selma. Originally preached January 18,...
