Advent: Incarnation and the Sacramental Life

Advent: Incarnation and the Sacramental Life

The moment God spoke, “Let there be…” into the great silence before time, God made physical realities spiritual and spiritual realities physical. The church’s sacramental tradition teaches us just that: holy things are fleshy, the spiritual is physical, and...
Freedom Without Responsibility is Moral Adolescence

Freedom Without Responsibility is Moral Adolescence

Our public discourse today is saturated with the word “freedom,” but the more the word is used, the less meaning it seems to convey. For many in our culture, the concept of freedom is only understood in a negative way. Freedom is the unbinding of any authority over...
9 Ways You Can Help Promote Racial Justice Now

9 Ways You Can Help Promote Racial Justice Now

Becoming a community of peacemakers is the calling of Christians worldwide. Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, where I serve as pastor, has made this a primal impulse of our life together over the past seven years. But occasionally, we must stop and...