I am so excited to share with you all about an art show that I am helping to organize. At Mill City Church, where I am a member, our small groups are organized around distinct missional purposes. The group that I am a part of, called Craft, is oriented towards the Arts community of Northeast Minneapolis. As part of an effort to support and engage local artists, we are running a juried art show this September. The show...
White Space Maintaining black dignity in white space is the name of the game of life for a black person in the Anglo-American realm. Conversational and cultural norms are undoubtedly white in this realm. This can be brutal in its exhaustion and confusion and can be seriously disorienting for black folk working and living in this space. Once a black American enters white space, which is usually located right outside of their door, they are instantly an...
Now that summer break is here, I finally had time to binge watch a Netflix show, and discovered Aggretsuko, an anime series based on a Sanrio character. Retsuko is a cute little red panda, and while she is a sweet, compliant, 25-year old accountant by day, she is a death-metal karaoke singer by night. She feels the daily grind of the 9 to 5 day job, with a chauvinistic boss, and difficult coworkers. Because she...
We don’t live in a Western film. You know, the one where the good guys wear white and outshoot the dastardly villains in black? That kind of world in which exist only the good, the bad, and the ugly, is not our world. It would certainly be easier if the true villains of our world’s problems wore certain types of clothes that were indicative of their evil disposition. (Why is it usually black?). It would...
Recently a new phenomenon has hit the Christian scene becoming a staple of most radio stations and many Sunday morning worship services, Reckless Love. No, not the Finnish Guns and Roses cover band, the worship song by Cory Asbury. This song, despite its insanely huge popularity, has taken some criticism from many high profile Christian authorities. Most recently, John Piper offered some veiled criticism of the song, implying that, even though he didn’t know the...
I began writing this blog post over week ago, and I had no idea that it would be appearing after yet another school shooting. Once again, we hear the refrain of Christian political inaction: “Thoughts and Prayers.” The repetition of it all lulls us back to sleep. “This is America.” And in America, complacency is King. Shortly after the Parkland shooting, I wrote a post about how empty and trite the phrase “Thoughts and Prayers”...
This past week, Beth Moore wrote a heartfelt and amazing blog post called, “A Letter to My Brothers”, articulating the hardships of being a prominent women leader in the conservative evangelical community. As I read it, I was grateful that she had the courage to write honestly about her experiences as a woman in ministry, and heartbroken at the reality of the misogynistic attitudes in the evangelical culture. I wondered what kinds of opportunities we...
There may be some hope for political unity between liberals and conservatives. In this day and age, it seems that more than ever, America is divided. It feels like a constant tug-o-war and with every article and counter-article, both sides only seem to dig their heels in a little deeper. Each blog or video causes this very un-fun game to grind to a halt, with neither side at a clear advantage – everyone is angry...
I recently had the opportunity to finish up a Trinity course for my ThM studies. Despite the mysteriousness of the topic, it was quite phenomenal to be reading and comparing the thoughts of our early church fathers to more recent theologians. While we didn’t get the opportunity to tackle whole texts like Augustine’s, De Trinitate, one common thread that I noticed to be vitae in all the readings was the context that was surrounding the...
Underoath has just put out their new album since reassembling the band after their break up and farewell tour in 2012–13. Needless to say, fans were stoked to dive into the new album Erase Me once it appeared. Sadly, it’s mostly a dud. The album is very formulaic. Each song is bite-sized; the longest track is not even five minutes. Most songs clock in at 3.5 minutes. Everything about the album seems suited as hard rock...
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