By Chris Nichols
What is it that makes a relay race different?
Runners run as a team, working collaboratively to hand off the baton in order to win the race.
Month: February 2014
Justified Anger: Racial Profiling
photo courtesy of MICHELLE STOCKER — The Capital Times
I am way late on this post, but its not too late. Rev. Alex Gee, a friend of mine and pastor among many things in Madison Wisconsin, is speaking out on racial profiling and why he is concerned about life in Madison for an African American. He is raising some great points.
I am posting it here for three reasons:
Why Does God Allow Pain & Suffering?
Last week at UCLA on Greek Row discussing, “I would follow Jesus BUT…I want to have fun.”
By Beau Crosetto
I am speaking inside a fraternity house on Wednesday night on this subject. Its a tough one. We are in the middle of a series called, “I would follow Jesus BUT…
This week the statement is, “BUT…he allows bad things to happen to people.”
I’d love your prayers as I have this discussion, but I’d also like to pass along this helpful video as well as the website as a whole…
Winner: APE Tshirt Design
Ok, we are almost ready to print! Here was the clear cut winner from the comments, Facebook & Twitter. It was suggested to put the “ape” where the O is and I like that a lot. I also had them put the website on the back.
But I think we need two kinds of options so I want to print one more kind of shirt as well. Please vote in the comments for the one you like best out of these three choices.
What part do WHITE people play?
Scott Hall is a prophetic voice in our culture and a great guy that I work with in Los Angeles. Here is a post I thought could be helpful that he wrote a few weeks ago. Enjoy and be challenged!
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In light of this past week’s MLK holiday, and the upcoming Black History Month, I’ve been reflecting on the role White people have to play in God’s heart for justice. After centuries of being at the center of power in the West, is it time for White folks to take a back seat to people of color? Do we no longer have the right to have a voice in the conversation? Or is there a place for our voices and leadership? Is there something lost without us in the mix?
Last week I asked some of these questions to students at Pacific Lutheran University. A junior at PLU, Catherine, responded to my challenges in an email I have pasted below:
You can read the whole article and their responses here
Take The Training Wheels Off!
By Jon Hietbrink
In my last post, I shared about how we, as aspiring movement leaders, must seek to lead our ministries on, but not over, the “edge of chaos” and almost nothing highlights this tension more acutely than how we handle the people we lead. True movement is impossible without all-play empowerment, and this kind of mobilization hinges on our willingness to both trust and entrust those we lead.
APE T-Shirt Designs
Here are 10 different designs for APE t-shirts. Please vote in the comments which one you like best. If you like a few of them equally then feel free to put multiple numbers. We will select 1 shirt design to print and sell at first. Obviously if there is some demand then we can print other designs going forward.
So which ones/one do you like best? What would you be proud to wear? Vote now!
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