“We’ve discovered that this kind of conversation is an active way of life—essential to the abundant life into which we have been called in Christ Jesus. Finding God moving in our midst and transforming our neighborhoods, continuing the work of reconciling a broken world and drawing it deeper into the communion for which it was created—it all started, at least for us, with stopping long enough to listen.”

“Peacemaking is an essential aspect of the Christian character. Notice the word peacemakers. Peace has to be made. It is not something that just happens. It is interesting that our sinful nature makes us peace-breakers. This is shown in today’s world as much as in the time of Jesus. Because of sin, people all too easily break the peace. “

“In Toxic Charity, Lupton urges individuals, churches, and organizations to step away from these spontaneous, often destructive acts of compassion toward thoughtful paths to community development. He delivers proven strategies for moving from toxic charity to transformative charity.”

“This session helps trainees see how the insider/outsider dynamic effects a variety of situations in a local congregation. It presents a framework for practicing “the Art of Inclusion” with the ethnic minorities and other groups in an organization that may be easily overlooked. It helps Christians understand how they can apply the biblical principles of showing favor to outsiders (1 Corinthians 12) and avoiding giving favoritism to insiders (James 2) in a way that promotes a healthy, unified community.”

Our online organizational assessment provides a quick and effective way for leaders to get an accurate idea of how well their organization is doing at promoting ethnic diversity and healthy, biblical ethnic relations.

“Inspired by the perseverance and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen, “Red Tails” begins its story with World War II in full swing. As the war continues to take its toll on Allied forces in Europe, the Pentagon brass, desperate to protect their dwindling numbers of bombers, look to an option previously considered unthinkable. At long last they give The Tuskegee Airmen the chance to prove themselves in battle and forever put to rest the misplaced belief that blacks lacked the courage, discipline and intelligence to be fighter pilots.”

“Language, bi-culturalism, race and generational differences are just a few of the challenges Latino youth face in living productive and Godly lives in a hostile America. This seminar will define what it means to be “Latino Enough” in the United States so that young Latinos can live out God’s purposes in their lives without anxiety, fear or shame.”

“An exclusive video documentary featuring Pastor John Piper as he walks through his personal story of growing up with segregation in the South. His personal story boldly champions the transforming power of the gospel and the beauty of racial diversity and harmony in Christ.”

“A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it’s core Jesus’ gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered.”

“This blog is a guided tour through music and arts coming from various Christian worship traditions and innovations around the world, plus other related topics. Your tour guide is Dr. Paul Neeley, Professor of the class “Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Christian Worship” at the Robert E. Webber Institute of Christian Worship. http://www.iws.edu/ Reading the blog posts are required for current students, and everyone else is welcome to read and comment.”