by Blog Admin | Aug 10, 2016 | Guest Post
Did you think that Jim Crow ended in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act? Think again. Michelle Alexander argues in The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness that racism is so pernicious that it doesn’t go away. It just changes form.In this book,...
by Blog Admin | Jul 27, 2016 | Word from the Directors
When the Israelites began their return from exile in Babylon to their native Jerusalem in the 6th century B.C., many of those who returned wept out of sorrow rather than joy. These men and women were overwhelmed by the fact that their homeland, Jerusalem, and the...
by Blog Admin | Jul 18, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
I was walking home from work the other day and, like 9.5 million other people, decided to catch some Pokemon along the way. As soon as I loaded up the app, I was greeted by a little Venonat who was just standing on the sidewalk in front of our church. Without the app,...
by Blog Admin | Jun 13, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
I’ve never really cared for the traditional tourist destinations in Philly. Maybe it just brings back awkward memories of class trips, but honestly, it’s just a broken bell. It’s not that special. So whenever friends would come to visit me in the city, the first place...
by Blog Admin | May 18, 2016 | Pastor's Blog
This might come across as somewhat macabre, but I love being given the opportunity to officiate funeral services. It is one of the greatest honors to be included in a ceremony that marks a person’s transition to their new life and to remember the life that they lived....
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