Category Archives: Pastor’s Pen

“Teaching, Preaching and Reaching For Christ”

A THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT FROM THE BLACK CHURCH ON JUNETEENTH Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman Jun 19, 2020 6:00 am ET. On the occasion of this 155th observance of Juneteenth, a collective of Black pastors and theologians lift our voices to emphatically repudiate white supremacy and anti-Black violence. Although we have been temporarily severed from our respective…

PRAYING FOR AND DEMANDING JUSTICE ​James Baldwin shared in 1961, “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all the time. So that the first problem is how to control that rage so that it won’t destroy you.” ​Although shared in 1961, many of…

The Pastor’s Pen: ​​ ​​ PRAYING FOR AND DEMANDING JUSTICE ​In January of this year, the Urban Center–Milwaukee convened an institute titled Proclaim: Your Life Speaks – Our Lives Speak. As a scriptural focus for the institute, God revealed to Dr. Trinette McCray a passage of scripture that was appropriate to celebrate the life of…

PRAYING FOR AND DEMANDING JUSTICE ​While we are still attempting to make sense of the senseless murder of Ahmaud Arbery, it was revealed that Breonna Taylor was murdered in her house in Louisville, Kentucky by police officers in the early morning of March 13, 2020. ​Breonna was an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) who worked at…