MLK weekend: My eyes were welling up with tears. Tears of joy, tears of hope, tears of vision and what can be. Holding hands, we sang this chorus “I need you, you need me we’re all part of God’s body. I’ll pray for you, you pray for me. I’ll not say words that will harm. … Read more
On Tuesday August 30, Joe and Betsy attended a lecture at Auburn University given by Bryan Stevenson, the founder and director of The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and the author of the recent award-winning memoir Just Mercy. Auburn selected this book as their 2016-2017 Common Book. These thoughts were written by Joe and were inspired by Mr. Stevenson’s lecture … Read more
This is part 2 of our Poverty Awareness Week blog series called #NoMoreShacks2014. Click here to see all posts in this series. Today is Sunday – the day we set aside as holy, as a day to gather as Christ’s body in the presence of the Spirit to worship our God. I’d be willing to … Read more
We throw the word “justice†around quite a bit. While we hear about it most often in the legal sense, “did he receive justice?â€, or “she got what she justly deservedâ€, I wonder if we many times miss what the term really means from a Biblical standpoint. Throughout the Scriptures we hear of God demanding … Read more