Many scholars describe the civil rights movement as a political movement with religious dressinguseful for the movements purposes but not central to the message. But the work of historian David L. Chappell, based on testimonies by civil rights activists and leaders, contradicts this. Their accounts indicate that it was, for them, primarily a religious event, showing the profound influence of the Bible on the civil rights movement.
If you are no longer sure if you can believe in God, or if youre beginning to doubt Christianity, we dont assume youve lost your mind.
In what follows you will find ways of thinking differently, practices to engage in, and better questions to attend to.
Toms message was simple: each and every one of us is invited to encounter a God who loves, chooses, and visits us through practices like Thomas Merton breathing prayer.
The weird thing about hangovers is that I adapted to them. They set the tone for the day: the muscles governing my movement would be sore, the head housing my mind would ache, the seat of my heart would feel broken, and the voices of my soul would speak only shame. My spiritual awakening journey has been one of profound transformation.
The only way we can survive is by waiting. Waiting puts our attention in the right place. When we forget to wait, we become too distracted, too impatient, too angry to see God’s action. The stories that form the church are about God’s actions.
The authors show how getting mired in busyness and new programs can keep us from focusing on God. They also explain that while innovation can be great, waiting on the Lord is the solution a church in crisis needs.
In reading other books, we practice reading the Bible; and in reading the Bible, we read other books by that lens.
Discover new favorites and valuable tools that will enhance your effectiveness in ministry.
The message of assimilation makes me uncomfortable because it requires me to celebrate the loss of other people’s culture, traditions, and languages in order to alleviate the fears that white people, including Christians, might have about a diverse society where their position as power brokers of society may be threatened.
