Should the public school systems in Shelby County allow students who are home-schooled to participate in their sports programs? This will be a very quick response. It should be. To me there is no faith involved here, just logic. Shelby County Schools athletic programs are sponsored by parents (boosters) as are all choir, band, extra curricular [...]

What an incredible week it has been for faith and believing in Memphis! Following on the heels of an incredible season and playoff run by the Grizzlies, Booker T. Washington High School is chosen by the White House to have the President of the United States to speak at their commencement! What an accomplishment for [...]

How should people of faith respond to Osama bin Laden’s death? May 1, 2011, will forever be remembered as a Day of Justice around the world. For on this day one of the most horrendous terrorists of all time was brought to Justice. As a Christian I really struggled with this news at first. I thought [...]

Should tax dollars be used to send lower-income students to faith-based schools? Should faith-based schools accept government support? Is there a better way for faith-based schools to help lower-income students? As a 26-year-old with no children, I really don’t have much experience to offer when discussing sending children to public schools or…[Read more]

What gives you hope? On an early morning about 2,000 years ago, there was a rumbling in the earth’s crust. Hope became eternal. Hope no longer was a verb, it became a noun. It became a person. Jesus Christ was then and is today our Hope. We certainly still hope for things in life, but we have [...]

The Memphis City Council is expected to consider funding for the ambitious Mayors’ Action Plan to End Homelessness in Memphis and Shelby County. What do you think of the plan? What can and should our faith community — congregations, clergy and people of faith in the pews — do about homelessness in our community. “And while [...]

Natural disasters like the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last week, the Haiti quake, the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and so forth raise so many questions for all of us. Where is God? If God is good, and/or if God is in control, why do unspeakably terrible things happen to so many good people? In [...]

Christian is the word: “little Christ.” A self appointed person or one who is bestowed that title should be said to reflect a “little Christ.” Unfortunately, all too often, we do not. What was Christ even about? What did his ministry look like? Well, to quote a favorite line from The Grace Card, “Jesus’ ministry was [...]

As a religious leader in Memphis, what do you want to say to the community about the subject of race? I’m sure I will not be the only one to mention the release of “The Grace Card,” which opened in theaters across America this weekend. The movie directly addresses the matter of race and the response [...]

What tests my faith in Memphis? What gives me faith in Memphis? A recent Barna study on the Diversity of Faith from October 11, 2010, found that in Memphis 92 percent of the population identifies as Christians. Ninety-two percent! An amazing statistic. Why do we have the issues we have in Memphis then? Racial strife? Murder? Violence? [...]