Peace-ing Together

“Of Opiates and Provocateurs”

Scripture: Acts 17:22-31
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Asheville, NC
May 3, 2020

“Jesus, too, was a revolutionary. Jesus, too, believed in material, not just spiritual,
change. But Jesus’ revolution starts with the power that infuses each of us with the
capacity to love and to be loved.

That love revolution was changing people from the inside/out in the wake of Jesus’
death and resurrection. That’s not about religion, that’s about transformation, that’s
about faith.

Faith was changing the way they lived together. The conditions of their lives were
beginning to reflect the nature of their deep connections to each other—mutual
regard, trust, wonder, generosity, but most of all equity—equity is different than
equality..”

Watch the sermon live streamed here.

Do You See It Yet, White America?

Can you see it? Are any more white people waking up out there? Do you see what’s going on, what has been going on?  Do you see it now? If I hear one more white person say: “Why is all this bad stuff happening to Black people, it just doesn’t make sense,” I might resort to one of the temper tantrums I use to throw when I was five years old. For the love of God, everything that is happening—EVERYTHING makes perfect sense when you acknowledge the depth and power of white supremacy culture and patriarchy:  The chaotic and dangerous...