by Stephen Phelps | Feb 13, 2017 | America, democracy, love, peace, racism, suffering, transformation
It is not too simple to say of the whole human enterprise through thousands of years that at any moment, only one of two things is happening. Either we are cursing and struggling to be seen and loved. Or we are blessing and being peace.
by Stephen Phelps | Jan 29, 2017 | America, democracy, hope, justice, racism, salvation
In the days before the inauguration, I viewed a four-hour documentary on PBS. Called “The Divided States of America,” it examined how Americans grew far apart during the presidency of Barack Obama. Grief gripped me as I watched. Frame after frame revealed the unrestrained hatred of countless Americans for our former president. . . What was its source?
by Stephen Phelps | Jan 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
After viewing “The Divided States of America” on PBS in the waning days of the Obama presidency, I posted my reflection on Huffington Post. Click here.
by Stephen Phelps | Jan 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Huffington Post today — an open letter to Nick Kristof of the Times about his published conversation with Pastor Tim Keller
by Stephen Phelps | Dec 4, 2016 | Christmas, economic justice, social justice
Think about this. If making predictions is what God’s Word is all about, then human freedom is fake. But the prophets weren’t making predictions. They were making promises. You can bet your life on the difference.
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