I am a native New Yorker. So, even though I live in DC, New York (Brooklyn in particular) still has my heart. My sports allegiances are directly tied to this love. The Yankees, Giants and Knicks are my ride-or-dies. In my 57 years of life, I have celebrated multiple World Series championships. I have rejoiced...
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“I wish my pastor understood me, believed in me, commissioned me.” I have been sitting with those words for weeks now. They were spoken at a recent conference by Jess Chin—Lausanne Movement board member and founder of Liminal, a collective shaping the next era of global leadership. Jess was talking about Gen Z’s desire for...
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One of my first Sundays on American shores was at a small Presbyterian church in Coral Springs, Florida. The heat baked the asphalt of the parking lot and the palm trees swayed in the sultry wind as I climbed out of our Nissan dressed in baggy khaki pants and a graphic tee. I saw others...
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A college minister at our local university recently told me a story that shocked me. The university is an SEC school in the Deep South, a part of the country sometimes called the Bible Belt. His ministry has for years taken place within fraternity houses. The long-held assumption in this ministry context has been that...
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When the towers fell on September 11, 2001, the whole world changed. But for the Arabic community in New York City, the aftermath was felt in particularly painful ways. Fear and grief blanketed the city, but for Arab immigrants and their families—even those who had lived in the U.S. for decades—their very identity became a...
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How can the church reach the emerging generation? This question anxiously flitters in and out of the evangelical mind, like the journey through a revolving door. However, no amount of reading will replace the experience of the subject at hand. In-person dialogue always brings previously unknown worlds to life. ‘Reaching’ the next generation starts with...
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