Anyone who’s been in church long enough has probably heard the story of Jonah and the fish that swallowed him. As the story goes, God tells Jonah to deliver a message to the people in the city of Nineveh. But Jonah doesn’t want to. He attempts to run from this responsibility. He gets on a boat heading in the other direction hoping to get away. But then God allows a storm to come that could have sunk the boat that he was in.

How can the Church resolve to coming together and solving the Racial Unity dilemma? By using Jesus as our example. Makes sense, right? Seems simple. “Sam you’re not telling me anything I don’t already know. And what does that have to do with Jesus and hind parts?” Keep reading.

I find myself in a quandary around this time each year. On one hand, there’s freedom. I’m free. I’m so grateful for that. On the other hand, freedom has not always been in my ancestral history here in the America. And as such, there is an opportunity for anger to exist. Freedom and anger: a dangerous concoction of emotions. When not appropriately managed, anger is a complex emotion that can easily lead to sin.

When dealing with Racial Unity in the Church and the issues that accompany the topic, how you respond may be just as or even more important than what you say. That’s because the tone and quality of our responses can have as significant an impact on what we’re saying as the words themselves.

Well, here we are. The opportunity to do this ministry at a deeper level has recently been presented, and I’d like to take this opportunity to dive deeper into sharing with you the purpose of this ministry. Lots of questions come my direction when I share with those at my church and within the Body of Christ what this ministry is all about. But a majority of the questions coming at me have to do with why this ministry is NOT here. With this being the case, I’d love to take the opportunity to share with you in further detail why we’re not here.