In Matthew 5:1-12, the Beatitudes Message is a Black Lives Matter type of message. Jesus is aware of the current oppressive realities of the crowds that gather to listen to him. This crowd has been waiting for a savior from the oppression of the Roman Empire for 400 years…much like our African-American sisters and brothers […]

In light of the recent national racial trauma and violence against our black brothers and sisters, we led a time of lament to enter into the sacred space of protesting before our Creator and in community together. We decry the dehumanizing and atrocious lynching of our beloved brother #GeorgeFloyd who bears the image of God. […]