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Who’s Laughing Now?

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Joe Chambers

I wrote this blog and posted it on another blog on November 5, 2008, but I wanted to share it here to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. I was living in Eastland, Texas the first year the Civil Rights Act … Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Joe Chambers

“Pastor Joe! Please, when can I be baptized?” An eight-year-old precocious and adorable little girl wrote that sentence every Sunday for what seemed like an entire school year on the prayer request card at the church. With her parents, the … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Mr. President

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Joe Chambers

On January 20th of 2017, we said goodbye to the first President of Color in the history of our country. My admiration for Mr. Obama has nothing to do with his politics. (Most of which I disagree.) My respect is … Continue reading →

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Hattie’s Song

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Joe Chambers

“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”~ Jesus The bedraggled man sat in my office and tried to wet his lips, but his tongue … Continue reading →

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A Symbol Divided Should Fall

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Joe Chambers

I’ve asked my good friend Jamie Greening to write a guest blog for me this week. Jamie is a writer, thinker, and a man who is walking a long obedience in the same direction—with Jesus. He wrote a very good … Continue reading →

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Call Me Ishmael

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Joe Chambers

“Community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives.”  Henri Nouwen “Let us journey on our way, and I will go alongside you.”  Esau, (Genesis 33:12) It was getting dark on Day 26 of … Continue reading →

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