Bridging Culture. Working Together.

As we celebrate Jesus' birth this holiday season, I think about the beauty of our relationship with Jesus.  I have had the pleasure to learn more about the Muslim faith during my time in Sierra Leone. There are some practices that I truly admire, such as their commitment to prayer. But one thing we often take for granted as Christians is the power of Jesus.  Muslims believe in Jesus as a prophet, not as the Savior, not as God's Son who has forgiven our sins, wiped away our mistakes, given us a clean slate. From my own understanding, as a Muslim, you have to earn your salvation.  But as a Christian, there is nothing we could possibly do to earn his love, to earn his forgiveness.  We are not perfect human beings, we have the freedom to love, to make mistakes, and to get back up again, knowing that we are still loved, we are forgiven. For many of us, there is something appealing to the idea that if we check off the "good" things on the list, then we can go to heave

I watched a video posted by Lecrae on facebook.  The tagline was "Say I won't go into this police station and say thank you."  It was a young Black male who entered the police station, and simply said "thank you."  I think we have forgotten to say thank you.  From my own perspective, I am grateful for the law enforcement system that we do have in this country. When you live in a country for some time with a corrupt law enforcement system, it seams quite simple to appreciate what we have here.  It is impossible to promote justice and equality when corruption is so engrained in the system.  Laws are usually broken through bribery.  No one can actually afford to obey the laws, so bribery is what rules the law enforcement.  Many times, the enforcement of law is taken into the people's hands because the actual law enforcement system is unreliable.  For example, if someone is caught stealing, those who caught him will beat or flog that individual.  We need to re