CMCL Sermon — February 26th, 2023

The following was presented as a reflection on February 26th at the Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster 8:30AM and 11:00AM services. The sermon references two readings: words from Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (pg 70-71, published by Spiegel &...

Being ‘Good’ Doesn’t Fix Racism

This was published in the Winter 2021 (vol16 no1) issue of Plumb Line, the Elizabethtown College Peace Fellowship Newsletter (p 2-3) under the title “Being ‘Good’ Doesn’t Fix Racism: Why Confronting Racism is Especially Hard for White...

LTS Chapel Sermon — March 27th, 2019

The following was presented as a reflection on March 27th at the Lancaster Theological Seminary Wednesday Chapel service at 11AM. When I first looked at the preaching schedule, and saw my name by this passage, I said to myself, “Oh, there’s been a huge mistake –...