The morning sun, the breath in your lungs, the very words of God tucked under one arm, an imperfect church to go to, a squirt of hand sanitizer from your preacher’s wife. In the end it all adds up to His goodness.

There are rare times when circumstances seem to say that leading according to artful nuance, the complexity of culture, and the speed of change takes priority over the strategy.

Remembering that God uses even the parts of our lives we can't control.

Leon McCray of Woodstock Virginia was recently assaulted by five white people who were trespassing on a property he owns. Calling the police, McCray hoped authorities would come to his aid. Instead, the officers arrested him.

“Maybe a great thing for me is to call it ‘white blessing’—that I’m living in the blessing of the curse that happened generationally that allowed me to grow up in Atlanta,” Louie Giglio said. He has since apologized.

Churches across the country are using Juneteenth 2020 as a chance not only to remember the end of slavery but also to foster understanding in their communities.

This past weekend I had the joy of hanging out with Mike Cosper and the gang from Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY. Mike...