On January 18th, a group of protestors entered a church service in Minneapolis, after discovering one of the pastors there was also the field director for ICE. In response to this, politicians and pastors alike have offered their perspectives, but the majority of responses expose the structural issues of American Christianity, particularly in our understanding of the Church and its role in the community. I can appreciate the shock that must have been on the pastor as the prot

Changing our perspective on how we view other people is not easy, but it is necessary. How do we begin to see people as Neighbors and Image Bearers, rather than enemies and villains? We allow the Spirit to renew our minds in accordance with the will of Christ. Because when we do that, suddenly we see people as Jesus does. 

For the past decade, I’ve urged the Church to reject the temptation of power and control. That message was rejected again and again, and now we are living in the world that pursuit created. It’s too late to prevent this reality. Warnings and attempts to prevent it from happening are futile. But it’s not too late to live faithfully within it.

A recent trending news item caught my eye yesterday. The President was once again in the news, but this time, something was different. It caught my eye, not because of the typical political reasons, but instead, this time, I saw in the headlines and social media posts, another example of how the cultural message of the American church misses the mark completely.