Dear Church, we’ve gotten some things confused along the way. I am as guilty as you. Here’s the deal. The government is not our church. It never was. But we seem to want it to be. Luke 10 tells us an “expert of the Law” stood up and asked Jesus “What can I do to… Continue reading The Government is Not Our Church
Every year on Martin Luther King Day, this song pops into my head. I hum it around the house, my sisters and I write it out on text messages or sing it if we happen to be together. I grew up in Memphis and I mention it a lot because the city you grow up in… Continue reading On Martin Luther King Day
The top of a hill in middle Tennessee was where my family convened. And when I think of the smell buried deep in my senses and the 80s clothing and the grownups talking and kids playing, I would give everything to go back for just a night. To catch the fireflies and sing the songs.… Continue reading What Grief Is Not
