If you aren’t satisfied with the way we relate to one another across the lines of culture and ethnicity…If you agree that we can’t go on like this…I invite you to pray this prayer with me. (This is a new song I wrote this week, and it is resonating strongly in my heart, and among many in social media land as well!) Lyrics, chords, and a video are below. May Christ have mercy.
“Let me know how I can help,” everyone says. This is a good sign, said with the best of intentions. People do want to help. However, some people are too quick to offer help. It may sound strange, but offering help too quickly can be a bad thing as it rarely addresses the root of the problem. This approach to helping, and the pressure to help quickly, is a western perspective. For the most part, […]
I was recently talking with some friends about how sometimes it is easier to have cultural diversity in a congregation than it is to have socio-economic diversity. If your congregation is culturally diverse, do your leaders all share a similar economic status or educational background? If you live in a monocultural community, does your church have both very rich and very poor members? Questions to ponder… A few days after our conversation, I was reading […]