On last Thursday, on a six-acre site overlooking the State Capitol in Alabama, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened to the public. The country’s only memorial dedicated to remember the thousands of black lives that were cut short by state supported terrorism–lynching. That very same day, the Reverend Traci Blackmon, Executive Minister […]
Pastoral Notes
Inward Spiritual Disciplines: Fasting
In the Gospel of Matthew, after the Transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of James, John and Peter, Jesus walks into a nearby crowd that is gathered by the mountain. While there a Father finds his way to Jesus, desperate for a divine intervention from the Master Healer. The father’s son is not well, and […]
Inward Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer
Over the door of my childhood home hangs a beautiful piece of framed art that defines the theology of prayer for our family. It is a simple piece of art with only twelve words, all written in a beautiful script. Like most of us who purposefully place pieces of art on the walls of our […]
