My Own Noonday Demon
As long as I can remember, I have had days that I feel very thin – like my flesh is stretched to the point it could rip away and leave me bare and vulnerable. Many days of my youth, and still sometimes as an adult, it has not felt like there is much of worth […]
Doubts
In my last blog, I talked about the idea of “soft” scripture. That is a scripture that we hold very tightly to our hearts, but which has enough bend and softness so we would not use our beliefs to harm others directly or indirectly. Martin Luther described scripture to be like the cradle of Christ. […]
I’ll never drop my sword…
Historians have understood for some time now that warfare has driven much of the major advancements in technology though out the course of recorded human history. And, much of that development has allowed us to become more and more destructive to each other as a species. This might be the easiest to see in the […]
Chris Henson on Lent
It was my third time, I could now “officially” refer to myself as a “frequent flyer.” I knew the intake nurse, could name a number of the security guards, and knew the full names of every nurse working the psychiatric wing at Baptist hospital. More upsetting, was that not enough time had passed between now […]
There is no case against “Equality”
I regularly am asked by students to discuss articles or theological points that span many issues. On very rare occasions, I choose to write something to address these issues. When a group of students asked me to weigh in on a series of articles that recently had been presented to them, I thought that writing […]
“eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism”
“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.” – Martin Luther King Jr. This December I had the privilege of traveling to the MLK National Historical Site in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a beautiful […]
Leelah Alcorn – Another Number
Another Number This Sunday Morning at 2:20am, hours before so many would rise to brew coffee, eat breakfast, and leave for worship at their local churches Leelah Alcorn, a 17-year-old transgender teen, stepped in front of Semitrailer about 4 miles from her home. This is her suicide note that appeared on tumbler hours after her […]
Hate Speech and the Gay Marriage Issue
Hate Speech and the Gay Marriage Issue Over the course of this semester it has pained me to watch the invasion of hate speech into our community by outside groups appearing to believe that the interruption of events or attacks on our students will serve some of their goals. Though I doubt the tactics will […]
A God Between The Stars.
“They cannot scare me with their empty spacesBetween stars—on stars where no human race is.I have it in me so much nearer homeTo scare myself with my own desert places.” ― Robert Frost It is strange how depression twists the colors of the world. It is like a foggy, broken glass, colored with burning smoky haze […]
Wesley-Luther Statement of Reconciliation
After a period of several months of study and discussion, on 1 April 2002 the Wesley-Luther student group decided to become a reconciling campus ministry. The specific wording of the above statements was developed by the WL Council. Submitted to the WL Board of Directors on 24 April 2002 as information and for confirmation. Statement of Reconciliation* […]