Listen, reflect, engage: voices for justice

Listen, reflect, engage: voices for justice

I am hesitant to add my voice to all of the other voices speaking at this time in history. Do I have anything new or original to add? I do not. Yet I choose to add my voice for the simple reasons of solidarity and of the potential dangers of silence. As Dietrich...

Getting there from here

Too often we are afraid to dream for fear of not being able to make the dream reality. But something within us needs to dream, even with the reality is far off down the road. Without those dreams it’s impossible to get there—with them it’s just hard. But there are...

A dream for the neighborhoods

I have a dream where I see all the neighborhoods across my city of Los Angeles coming together to connect first within themselves and then with each other. I have a dream that people would get to know their neighbor across the street and help them with their needs....

A dream for the churches

I have a dream where churches are serving the world around us… not with an eye toward ourselves, our own growth, our reputation, our benefit, but with an eye outward: disinterested service that expects nothing in return. I have a dream that the Body of Christ would...

I have a dream too

It was 48 years ago this month that Martin Luther King Jr. gave a brief, 17 minute speech that changed the way we think about racial relations in the United States. Who would have thought an idea—a vision—could have such a powerful impact? It didn’t change things...