The Office of Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has invited proposals for discussion during an upcoming webinar on white supremacy. I was delighted to learn of this webinar, because I believe white supremacy is an existential issue for predominantly white Christian congregations as they struggle to recover from decades of declining membership.
Chester Children’s Chorus will lift your spirits
I am delighted to invite you to experience the chorus from the comfort of your home at 7 PM on Saturday, December 12. This is an opportunity for friends of CCC to be reminded why they support the chorus and attend its concerts. For those unacquainted with the chorus, it will be a joyful introduction. All will experience one hour, in these stressful times, that will lift their spirits.
A call for American patriots to mutiny
Mark Twain said that when the helm of the ship of state is in pirate hands it is the duty of patriots to mutiny. Patriots have an opportunity to join a constitutionally approved mutiny on November 3.
White churches must act
As a lifelong Christian, I read the letter from the Interfaith Council of Southern Delaware County (ICSDC) in the June 5 edition with hope and fear. I hoped that the strong letter would be followed by strong, public actions confronting the vile doctrine of white supremacy. I feared that the actions would be pusillanimous.
White Americans must fix it
“Don’t come into my community. Your work is in the white community.” Those were the words spoken at Pendle Hill by a black activist to a gathering of white activists for racial justice. I write in the hope that white Americans will do the work that it is ours to do.
Honoring and dishonoring Martin Luther King Jr.
I am proud to live in a nation whose people observe a holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. As a Christian, I am proud of the “days of service” organized by churches and other faith communities. King would feel grateful and honored that his birthday is celebrated in this way. But MLK would feel dishonored by the churches’ silence in response to his pleas to boldly and publicly oppose racial and economic injustice.
I was among those standing throughout the CCC performance at White Horse Village Saturday evening. Every seat in the auditorium was taken. The Chorus rewarded its audience with a varied program of classical, operatic, popular, jazz and gospel pieces, all performed with superb musicianship and infectious spirit. The audience returned the favor with a standing ovation that resounded until the last of the children had paraded out of the auditorium.