In recent days I have heard several people say something like: “I am not trying to be political, now, …” or “Please don’t take this as a political statement,” or “Not to be political but … !” I think I know what each was trying to say, or not to say. But each time I …
Category Archives: Mission
IF JESUS WERE AN IMMIGRANT
A lot of people are talking about immigration and immigrants these days. Whether for or against; whether the gospel Jesus proclaimed and embodied has anything to do with it, and if so what; whether immigrants pose a threat to us, and if they do exactly what sort of threat—inconvenience, discomfort, danger, death; whether immigrants from …
THE GLORY AND THE PEACE
“Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace for people of God’s good will (Luke 2:14).” It is common to pass quickly from these traditional words of praise to the detailed account of what the Shepherds discovered at the Bethlehem crèche—the child swaddled, parents adoringly attending, and the animals carrying on as usual. …
Now, About Governing
As the alarm sounded on November 9 in Uyumaya, Nigeria I jumped out of bed and looked at my phone. I expected news of the first woman elected President of the United States. Instead, I was shocked to learn that no one had yet won the election and that Donald Trump had just surpassed Hillary …
POLITICAL ANSWERS
In one week from today the U.S. electorate will choose one of the two major party candidates as their next President. Whoever wins will take office as the least admired and the least respected President in our history. Whoever is elected will lead a nation deeply divided, with over half the population disillusioned, disgusted and …