Black and White men argue at work.

Love While Disagreeing

This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12 For almost 35 years I could be described by most well-taught and well-meaning Christians as a conservative evangelical. My ministry training from a predominately White denomination and church Bible school led me to change many of my theological and…

All Hashtags Are Not Equal: Why I Don’t Use #AllLivesMatter*

All Hashtags Are Not Equal: Why I Don’t Use #AllLivesMatter*

A friend on facebook pled, “I beg everyone not to use #alllivesmatter.” If someone else had asked me not to use the hashtag, someone hateful—who didn’t believe that all lives did matter—the request would have been easy to dismiss. But because it was from a friend I trust, a wife and mother who worries about…