Video and Song for Israel and Gaza
News from Israel and Gaza has led me back to a song/video I wrote/produced several years ago.Hope it's helpful to you today.Ishmael and IsaacTwo young half brothers sons of different mothers playing...
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What We Owe the Christmas Angels
We are still grieving. I am still grieving. It was around noon yesterday when I saw the news alert for this shooting come across my phone. I burst into tears. Twenty young children, the most innocent...
View ArticleThe End of the World As We Know It
"It's the end of the world, as we know it…and I feel fine." -- REM "So, if they say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe...
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Dallas 50-Years Ago and Today (Justice-Seeking Preaching and the Assassination)
This diary was a sermon at Northaven UMC in Dallas, Texas. Sunday, November 17, 2013. It commemorated the 50th Anniversary of a famous sermon preached just after the Kennedy Assassination in Dallas....
View Article50-Years Ago Today: The Sermon That Drove a Preacher Into Hiding
The following video clip is from a sermon titled, "One Thing Worse Than This," by Rev. William Holmes, and delivered at Northaven Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas on the Sunday following the...
View ArticleRemembering Jdimytai Damour, The Martyr of Black Friday
A song for Jdimytai Damour, the Haitian immigrant, killed by a hoard of Black Friday shoppers at a New York Walmart in 2008.I am gratified to see all the protests against Walmart, nationwide today. I...
View ArticleRemembering the Martyr of Black Friday (Why I Will Not Shop Today)
Black Friday has never been the same since 2008. That year, it turned from something mildly annoying to something approaching evil. I know, I know. You're already calling me a Debbie Downer. I know, I...
View ArticleMay God Have Mercy On Us All
Wherever you come down on the issue of capital punishment, it’s impossible to deny that what happened last night in Oklahoma was horrific.Last night also reminds us of a broader horrific truth that so...
View ArticleFailure to Move
Thursday, I was arrested at the White House, along with 100 other faith leaders, calling on the President and Congress to act swiftly and justly on the issue of immigration.Several friends have asked...
View ArticleAfter The Laughter, The Waves of Dread: Robin Williams, comedy and depression
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.” — Charlie ChaplinThat quote has been a favorite of mine for many years. It’s never felt more achingly true than tonight, as I sit...
View ArticleWhen Citizens Become the Nail: Thoughts on Ferguson
Ferguson is a mess. If journalists can be arrested for no reason whatsoever, (hauled out of a McDonald's, with their press credentials clearly visible) just imagine how average citizens of Ferguson are...
View ArticleBrian Williams, Chris Kyle, and "The Moral Outrage Machine"
Based on what I’m reading online, I would bet that Brian Williams will not survive the kerfuffle over his helicopter ride in Iraq. And, personally, I think that will be a shame.Yes, what he did was...
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