Bringing a Little Light in a Time of Tragedy with Pizza and Cookies
The Soul Cafe responded to the attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan by donating food to parents and first responders.
Calling Antisemitism a Sin in Nazi Germany without Retaliation
A seldom remembered Baptist World Alliance meeting denounced Nazi sins and helped inspire untold generations…
The Mulan of the American Revolution
Deborah Sampson was a formidable woman who fought on the frontlines of the Revolutionary War
Learning is Hard – Being Taught Generation to Generation is Holy
I struggled to learn to knit, but my grandmother taught me what her mother taught her what her mother taught her…
Shepherd Leadership during Crisis
Cyprian ran from the crisis, but came back to remind the people that being a martyr wasn’t the only worthy Christian life. Serve the suffering here and now.
Divine Intervention in a Secret Church of Enslaved People Before the Civil War
Late at night, meeting in secret, a church full of slaves were confronted by some whites people looking for runaway slaves. …And what does God do?
Slaves in the American South Claimed Jesus as their Own
White Christians who evangelized to Black slaves had different motives – some greedy and sinful, and others sincere. Despite law after law, many Black folk found and held onto Jesus.
Selma March: Are You Tired?
The hatred, the violence, the chaos of Bloody Sunday… Still they marched from Selma to Montgomery. Rev. Dr. King spoke words of life to a weary people.
Missionaries to China Trying a Different Approach: Michele Ruggieri & Matteo Ricci
16th century missionaries to China Ruggieri & Ricci learned Chinese, wore Chinese robes, and did not insist that western cultural values were a part of learning the Gospel.
Shame, Healing, Love, and Acceptance
We burden one another we shame each day. Shame makes us feel unworthy and rejected. Love welcomes us home in God’s embrace.