April 15th, Jackie Robinson Day

I love baseball. It's been my favorite sport to play, watch, follow, and read about my whole life. Now it's our 10 year old son's favorite too.  I love striving for justice, especially what usually gets called social justice. I love trying to learn more, reading about it, connecting with people and organizations  working on …

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Continuing conversations on race

Yes, the church season of Lent has begun. But today, at Woodridge UMC, we're delaying our Lenten sermon series on Jesus' parables so we can continue our Black History Monty sermon-discussion series, "Conversations on Race." Thus far, the collaboration among our senior pastor, Rev. Danita Anderson, the congregation, and I has been honest, uncomfortable, and …

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