God takes sides and, depending on where we’ve chosen to place our bodies or stockpile our wealth, it may not be our side.
Tag: refugees
Sermon: Sunday, August 7, 2016: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
A young refugee and two immigrants thrust onto the international stage because of who they are and what they have done — but also, I think, because we are hungry for stories of heroism right now.
Sermon: Sunday, July 3, 2016: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
That’s what is waiting for us on the other side of nationalism, of racism, of tribalism. New Creation. A new peace beyond borders. A new world without war. It starts one conversation at a time, with each act of welcome, with every stranger welcomed into our homes.