“Forever now we live resurrected, yes we live resurrected even before death. Resurrection begins with faith. Believers see new life manifested every day. Every day we are healed from sin’s death. No longer separated. At peace with God, and neighbor, […]
Thirty PLNU faculty, staff, and students spent their spring break on a weeklong Civil Rights Pilgrimage, journeying through Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Sitting in the pews of the church Martin Luther King preached in, marching across the famous Edmond Pettus […]
The typical faces of the Civil Rights Movement are men, Rosa Parks being the token female face, but the women of the Civil Rights were just as influential and crucial to the success of the movement. Though I am a […]
I saw Mr. President in Selma, Alabama. His arrival was announced by the motorcade that drove across the Edmund Pettus Bridge toward the crowd of 25,000. The anticipatory silence erupted into cheers as Mr. President Obama, First Lady Obama, former […]
Two years ago, I went on a “pilgrimage” through South Africa to study racial segregation and reconciliation. Hearing that white individuals would give their non-white brothers and sisters a Bible and then in the name of God take their land […]
Here is just a small tribute to some incredible people who have had a big impact on my life. 21 lessons and some photos of those who taught them to me. Thank you to all these and even more who […]
Life is like a persistent summer drought, hope of invigorating rain ever present under the brilliant clear blue sky, evidence of imposing, promising clouds pushed beyond what the eye can see. It is the twelve-year-old trafficking victim violated by fifteen […]
I am soon moving for the fifth time in the past year, and as I sift through my belongings I have been pondering how those who travel much have both a gift and a curse: we tend to find home […]
What does reconciliation mean to you? As someone striving to make reconciliation work my lifetime mission, this question has been asked of me quite a few times in the past couple weeks. And yet, each time the question has left […]
The problem with movies is they let me travel the world from the comfort of my couch. I have seen Europe. I have seen Africa. I have seen Asia, Latin America, Australia. I have taken wild adventures I would never survive […]
