Lyndale in the News
Break Open and Repent, My Fellow White Christians
Originally published in The Huffington Post on June 23, 2015. I was supposed to be writing a different sermon when I saw the news that 9 more lives had been lost to white supremacy in Charleston last week. As a white pastor of a predominantly white church in the...
CHURCH SEPARATES FROM STATE WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE
When members of Lyndale United Church of Christ in Minneapolis realized that they all believed it was unfair that straight couples can legally marry and gay couples can't, they decided to demonstrate their solidarity. The congregation of 135 active members, about...