This season has certainly been quite the season to be parenting kids at home! I’ve enjoyed all the opportunities to spend more time with my kids, but it has also been quite testing at times, especially when it comes to homeschooling my kids. I remember one point when I was trying to do a school […]
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Wait a second before you get mad
It is amazing and disheartening to me how eager we are to take offense. I knew that wading into my own personal reflections about my views on race and racism would stir things up. (Of course, in case you weren’t clear on it, that is actually part of the job description of a pastor/preacher. It […]
Updated plan to re-open Chapel Hill
Several weeks ago, we shared a four-step plan to gradually re-open Chapel Hill’s campus. Due to some state mandates that have changed somewhat, we have revised the plan and present it here for reference. GO HERE to see a larger version. We are currently in STEP 2. […]
Sleep on This: The Thin Blue Line (June 8)
Good evening, friend: I know, I know…I said last Friday’s Sleep on This reflection would be the last for a while. I lied. I have one more thing I need to say. Many years ago, I was returning home from a particularly boring committee meeting, tooling along in the fast lane on cruise control. I know […]
Sleep on This: Shaking in front of the microwave
Good evening, friend! Most mornings I start my day scrambling two eggs in the microwave. It only takes 55 seconds and produces a surprisingly yummy…and quick…protein shot. But if you decide to try it, be forewarned: it must be carefully monitored lest you blow the whole thing all over the inside of the machine. Trust […]
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Sleep on This: Color blind? Yuck.
Good evening, friend! A year ago, Cyndi and I celebrated our 30th anniversary with a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. One of our anticipated adventures was a drive up Mauna Kea for world-class star-gazing. We parked in one of the lots and walked up a nearby peak to join others in waiting for […]
Sleep on This: Where do we even start? (June 3)
Good evening, friend: If you had told me two weeks ago that the COVID crisis would soon disappear from the headlines, replaced by something even more virulent and devastating, I wouldn’t have believed you. But as I write this, nearly every major city in America has been and is being convulsed by violence. It is […]
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Rachel breaks up a fight
Last week, my daughter Rachel was driving through her tiny town of Black Mountain, North Carolina, when she saw two men fighting. One black, one white, with the white man’s girlfriend shooting video and the black man’s male friend just standing there, watching. There were two other onlookers as well. Rachel stopped, rolled down her […]
Sleep on This: The pillaging of hope (June 2)
Good evening, friend! As I have shared over the last two nights, the horrific murder of George Floyd has jolted me into a deep, personal review of my own attitudes towards race relations in this country. Like many of you, I have been largely shielded from racial strife. Growing up in Yakima, we who lived […]
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