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Why wouldn’t God wake a sleeping cat?

I must confess that I don’t often know with any semblance of clarity what God does and does not do. Earlier this summer a family member ran over our cat. The cat was asleep under the car.

 

 

 

 

Editor, The Christian Citizen
30 October 2019
28 October 2019
An ode to a plastic urn: How a small trash can shapes beauty
21 October 2019
What we don’t talk about
18 October 2019
Giving mental health awareness the right place in the church
Editor, The Christian Citizen
11 October 2019
The value of compromise
Director, Community Outreach Ministries & Rizpah’s Children, ABHMS
9 October 2019
The Other Wes Moore (Book review)
Editor, The Christian Citizen
4 October 2019
World Communion Sunday celebrates oneness in Christ
Editor, The Christian Citizen
2 October 2019
Why I am an American Baptist—A testimony and a hope
27 September 2019
Be the calmest person in the room
25 September 2019
When nothing helps—faith and doubt amid unbearable loss
23 September 2019
Effectiveness, individual and communal
19 September 2019
Is American Christianity oppressive? 
18 September 2019
Hurricane Maria’s Puerto Rico legacy transcends devastation, destruction
Director, Discipleship Ministries, ABHMS
13 September 2019
Returning to Sunday school
Editor, The Christian Citizen
26 August 2019
A man called Ove
Editor, The Christian Citizen
23 August 2019
The urgent need for acts of loving kindness
21 August 2019
Puppets on a string: a broader view of discipleship
Editor, The Christian Citizen
19 August 2019
Give the king your justice, O God
16 August 2019
A call to American Baptists
14 August 2019
All I am saying is give peace a chance
Executive Director, ABHMS
12 August 2019
The Work of Prayer, Part 2
Editor, The Christian Citizen
9 August 2019
Expressions of ethnic nationalism, pretensions to racial superiority have no place in Christ’s church
Executive Director, ABHMS
7 August 2019
The Work of Prayer, Part 1    
7 August 2019
Let us live the ‘The Birmingham Pledge’  
Editor, The Christian Citizen
5 August 2019
A true peace plan will be known by its fruit
Executive Director, ABHMS
2 August 2019
Holding on to our Faith in God
Executive Director, ABHMS
31 July 2019
When is prayer not enough?       
29 July 2019
From dwellers to seekers – understanding and engaging millennials for the present and future health of the church
Editor, The Christian Citizen
26 July 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for religious pluralism and freedom for all as second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom begins
Executive Director, ABHMS
25 July 2019
A Source of Courage
Editor, The Christian Citizen
24 July 2019
Recent books I have loved
22 July 2019
Chasing equality—remembering the first moon landing while reclaiming the history that racism and sexism obscured
Editor, The Christian Citizen
19 July 2019
The limits of toleration: China’s crackdown on religion
Editor, The Christian Citizen
15 July 2019
Attend at your own risk: Welcoming the (food allergic) children in His name
Executive Director, ABHMS
10 July 2019
No War With Iran Statement
8 July 2019
Pray for the spiders
Editor, The Christian Citizen
5 July 2019
Motorcycles, tribalism and America – What I learned riding in Rolling Thunder.
Editor, The Christian Citizen
3 July 2019
What is the sense of our small effort?
Editor, The Christian Citizen
1 July 2019
Having a mission in life
28 June 2019
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s “Reconstruction: America after the Civil War” (Review)
26 June 2019
4 things leaders do to prepare churches, institutions and organizations for a future beyond them
24 June 2019
Resilient partners, loyal servants: What I saw in a gathering of Christian leaders
Editor, The Christian Citizen
21 June 2019
The freedom to worship without fear
Editor, The Christian Citizen
19 June 2019
Protecting the life of the born
17 June 2019
What I learned for ministry from my father
Editor, The Christian Citizen
7 June 2019
Breaking the silence of mental illness
Editor, The Christian Citizen
5 June 2019
The ministry of multiplication – equipping others for work in God’s service.
Editor, The Christian Citizen
3 June 2019
Reclaiming the historic understanding of religious liberty for all
Editor, The Christian Citizen
31 May 2019
Love your neighbor, learn their language
Editor, The Christian Citizen
29 May 2019
The moral injury of a Baptist accidental killer

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