“We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest.” –Roger Goodell, NLF Commissioner Continue reading
Just Mercy – Rent for Free in June
Back in January, a couple of friends and I went to see the recently released movie Just Mercy. It was one of the most powerful, and gut-wrenching, movies I have ever seen.
On that day, all three of us grown men found ourselves crying in this movie theater. I’ll be even more honest. This was the most I have ever cried while watching a movie. I was weeping, just weeping—neared wailing at one point. I was trying to hold some of it back because, well, it was turning loud, and here I was in a public cinema. Continue reading
I’m sorry you can no longer breathe
A mural of George Floyd has been painted at the Cup Foods site where Floyd was arrested by Minneapolis police and later died in custody. Judy Griesedieck for MPR News
There have been a few times
These past months
When I couldn’t breathe.
Panic attacks as I thought
About life in a pandemic.
What would happen to me,
My family?
Would I make it through
To the other side
And see and finally breathe?
I made it through.
I can breathe.
Today. Continue reading
Podcast: The Blue Parakeet, Session 2
Birds, sourdough bread, the Bible, and the Coronavirus. These topics and more came up as the BTTB crew discussed more from Scot McKnight’s book The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible.
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Podcast: The Blue Parakeet, Session 1
Over the summer, the BTTB team will be reading through and discussing Scot McKnight’s The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible. Continue reading
