In the wake of the tragedy in Charlottesville, questions Grace Ji-Sun Kim and I raised in the Introduction to Intercultural Ministry keep coming to me: Will intercultural churches advance racial equality and justice? Will they help eliminate racially motivated hate crimes? In the midst of important conversations on how to dismantle white supremacy and white […]

The biblical image of God as a Mother Eagle resonated with so many of my readers that I decided to write this follow-up to my blog with the “Mother Eagle, Teach Us to Fly” video and to include two more of my Mother Eagle songs:                     […]

Mother Eagle, teach us to fly; now it’s time to try our own wings. Show us how to reach to the sky; take us where our spirits will sing. Mother Eagle, lift us up high; with your help we never will fear. New adventures we want to try; give us faith and stay ever near. […]

Listen! Listen! Listen, Listen! Listen, listen, Wisdom is calling, teaching us Her fairness and peace. Guiding us to love one another, She will help all violence to cease. Listen! Listen! Listen, listen! Follow, follow, follow, follow! Follow, follow, Wisdom is leading, showing us Her pathway to right. Let us go together with Wisdom; She will […]

What responsibility do churches have for the work of racial justice? What are the challenges of this work? How do we dismantle white privilege and white supremacy? How do we build coalitions to address the intersection of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other injustices? How do we create communities of equality, justice-love, and peace? These are […]