Lift up your eyes and look around;  they all gather together, they come to you;your sons shall come from far away,  and your daughters shall be carried on their nurses’ arms. Isaiah 60:4 February is Black History Month, and on January 30th we had an opportunity to...

But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knitted together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in...

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we...

May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for usyes, establish the work of our hands. – Psalm 90:17 I’m honored to be writing this week’s reflection for the MMU. This is my first official week as your new temporary stated clerk and...

Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and God’s love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:11-12 Today would be a Happy 95th Birthday to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This...

Now to the One who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to God be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Ephesians 3:20-21 Happy New Year! I hope that your...

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness on them light has shined. Isaiah 9:2 In this last week before Christmas, the conflict in Jesus’ homeland throws shade over the holiday celebrations. As we see the...

Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. John 1:14 There’s a hidden gift of the PC(USA), an online journal on justice called Unbound which is Presbyterian in its roots but ecumenical in its approach. The editors pulled together a Womanist...

“But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come.” Mark 13:32-33 As we begin the season of Advent, I have been overwhelmed with the sense that...