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Tag: diversity

  • Salutations 

    Last night, I watched a movie adaptation of Charlotte‘s Web with Ivy. There’s a bunch of children’s shows that I never saw because they came after I was a grown-up, but before I had kids. I have recently purchased a paperback copy of Charlotte‘s Web for Ivy who is a new reader, so of course…

  • Anything but Beige 

    A doctor asked me yesterday if anyone in our family has been diagnosed with mental health issues. The short answer is no, but the long answer goes like this: If you gave me a list of all the different things that one would associate with ADHD, autism, OCD, anxiety, depression, hyperactive or ultra focused, I…

  • Romans 2: Doing > Saying

    Welcome back to Paul’s rant against bad-behaving believers. It’s amazing to me that these words are 2000 years old, because they feel pretty on the nose for today.  First he talks to those who judge others, literally everyone on a screen right now. “For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the…

  • Letters to Friends: Romans Chapter 1

    The book of Romans is an epistle, a letter, that Paul wrote during his early missionary journeys through the Mediterranean. This particular letter is addressed to those of the Jewish faith living in Rome.  Paul starts by describing himself three ways: a servant of God, an apostle, and someone set apart for the gospel. He…

  • H-A-double P-I-N-E-double S

    Our women’s study is going through the “Every Thought Captive” book by Kyle Idleman. This week we are reading about the pleasure fallacy where people pursue things that make them feel good, only to find themselves worse off. He’s right, in an attempt to make ourselves feel better we binge eat, binge watch, and binge…

  • Acts 13: Missions Trip

    This chapter starts listing some prophets and teachers including Simeon called Niger (Latin for black), Lucius from Cyrene and Manaen, a lifelong friend of Herod (the king that killed both John the Baptist and James). They might have all been rejected earlier as being outsiders or from the wrong group, but here they are included…

  • Acts 10: Peter & Cornelius 

    In this section, we look at how the Gentiles were added to the community of Jesus by the work of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 6: The Seven

    As the mass of believers grew, there were complaints that the Greek-speaking members within community were not being fairly served meals. There’s panic at the church potluck. The twelve decided to add seven additional members to help serve. They couldn’t let their speaking schedule be taken up with food management. Their criteria for leadership was…

  • Neighborly

    Today I want to talk about our Spanish-speaking neighbors to the South. Not Mexico, the literal neighbors that live next door to us on our southside. They have lived there ever since we moved into the house nearly 10 years ago.  The adults don’t speak much English, but they’re nice, and we have had a…

  • Faux Pas

    I thoroughly enjoyed the Olympics this year. One of my favorite parts about the games was the diversity of people participating and the variety of activities.  What I want to talk about is one of the controversies of this year’s Olympics. Not that controversy, I did not watch the opening ceremonies. Instead, I want…