Remember Death: a brief review

I still remember the cold and indifferent eyes of the two young men who just walked past me. Maleek* was just shot seventeen times in front of our house. A crowd had gathered as we waited for the cops to give another scoop and run. The shots ringing out, the blood-stained shirt, the lifeless body.Continue

Part 3 of my D.Min. Proposal: Ministry Model

This is the section of the proposal which outlines how I will go about implementing the proposed ministry. This is what makes the D.Min. different from the traditional PhD. It has a focus and termination in the local church. That’s what I appreciate about the D.Min. as opposed to the PhD. Ministry Model The goalContinue

Thought’s on Eric Mason’s Woke Church, part 1

*These are just a few initial thoughts taken from ch. 1 Mason, Eric. Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice. Chicago, IL: Moody, 2018. The church is asleep when it comes to issues of race and injustice. Well, it certainly seems awake given all the rancor swirling around,Continue

Review: Uche Anizor’s How to Read Theology: Engaging Doctrine Critically and Charitably

Anizor, Uche. How to Ready Theology: Engaging Doctrine Critically and Charitably. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2018. We don’t give much thought to reading theology. Sure we read it and interact with it, but we don’t often step back and consider how we should read and interact with theology. In other words, we do theology, oftenContinue

Book Review: Peter Moskowitz’s How to Kill a City

Peter Moskowitz’s How to Kill a City offers an engaging and often heartbreaking look at gentrification in the US. He focuses specifically on four unique cities: New Orleans, Detroit, San Francisco, and New York. Each city offers a slightly different perspective on gentrification. New Orleans had a “clean slate” after the devastation of Katrina. Detroit’sContinue

Review: Nick Foles’ Believe It

NOTE: this has nothing to do with my D. Min., but everything to do with my love for the Eagles! Foles, Nick with Joshua Cooley. Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale Momentum, 2018. What I appreciate about Nick Foles’ Believe It is that Nick Foles isContinue

Book Review: John Onwuchekwa’s Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church

This book isn’t specifically focused on my D.Min. research, but I thought it was an excellent little book worth sharing. Note: this book is not out yet. I received an advanced copy thanks to Crossway and Netgalley. It releases August 31st, 2018. Onwuchekwa, John. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books,Continue

Review: Alan Noble’s Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age

O. Alan Noble. Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2018. Note: This review is written from a pre-release copy via InterVarsity and Netgalley. This explains some of the discrepancy of citations. Some are from the PDF Kindle edition while others are from the a different file. I hopeContinue

A Few Random Notes on Some “Secondary Reads”

These works are not directly related to my research, but may prove helpful background information or side information. In other words, they are not a direct priority to read, but they deserve a place on the backburner. Hopefully I will get to them soon. Glaude, Jr., Eddie S. Democracy in Black: How Race Still EnslavesContinue