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Evolving:  Accepting the Dimness of Our Sight
  • Theology
May16

Evolving: Accepting...

posted by wmccaig

In this political season we are hearing a lot about flip-flopping, politicizing and pandering.  It does often seem that the candidates say one thing in one setting and spin things differently in front of a different audience. Last week President Obama came out in favor of same-sex marriage....

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Torn to Peace
  • Spirituality
Apr15

Torn to Peace

posted by wmccaig

This Sunday started out with a painful choice. My eldest daughter who is heading off to college in a few months wanted to spend the day with us as a family at our property, my absolute favorite place.  It is rare that she is the one asking to go. My youngest daughter committed to working in...

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How Majestic
  • Theology
Apr08

How Majestic

posted by wmccaig

My family is celebrating Easter, which happens to fall on my husband’s birthday, at a condo on the beach in Top Sail Island, North Carolina.  This is the view from my balcony this morning: Last night my family played the game Apples to Apples and one of the words was the word,...

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Thy Kingdom Come
  • Missional Church
  • Theology
Apr04

Thy Kingdom Come

posted by wmccaig

I recently heard a pastor say that the most important question a church can ask itself is, “What would it look like if God’s kingdom were to become fully manifest in our neighborhood, our city, our nation and our world?” I would add that the second most important question a church can...

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Valley of Abandoned Buildings: Let the Four Winds Come (Part 1)
  • Community Development
  • Theology
Apr02

Valley of Abandoned ...

posted by wmccaig

In January, at the invitation of Northminster Church, my Embrace Richmond team started a new work in Richmond’s north side (specifically the neighborhoods bordering Brookland Park Boulevard from Moss Side to North Avenue.) The first phase of any new community development effort is...

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Sound of the Genuine in You
  • Spirituality
Feb10

Sound of the Genuine...

posted by wmccaig

At a recent conference offered by The Fund for Theological Education, we were asked to reflect on the works of Howard Thurman’s, “The Sound of the Genuine.”  Of all the materials and exercises that we did during that three day event, this particular reading impacted me the most. I pray...

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Come Alive: Discovering Christian Vocation
  • Spirituality
Jan22

Come Alive: Discover...

posted by wmccaig

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”  Howard Thurman This week I spent three days in New Orleans with the wonderful folks from The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) at their...

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Caroline For Congress:  Hope for the Future
  • Community Development
  • Spirituality
Jan16

Caroline For Congres...

posted by wmccaig

Yes, my 13-year-old daughter has political aspirations.  She is a total drama queen, highly photogenic and that red hair is sure to catch the attention of voters.  But she has more than her looks and dramatic personality.  She has a clear platform that will save lives and lead America into...

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Go to Hell!:  How to Raise the Dead according to John Kinney
  • The Church
  • Theology
Jan09

Go to Hell!: How to...

posted by wmccaig

This past Friday, I had the privilege of sitting under the teachings of John W. Kinney, the Dean of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. What an amazingly gifted preacher and teacher! Dr. Kinney shared with us that he has been meditating on how to raise...

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Why I Love Addicts:  Reflections on Richard Rohr’s book, “Breathing Under Water”
  • Spirituality
Jan02

Why I Love Addicts: ...

posted by wmccaig

“Religion is lived by people who are afraid of hell. Spirituality is lived by people who have been through hell.”   Over the years some of the most sensitive and compassionate people I have met have been recovering addicts and some of the most spiritually enlightened people I know,...

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Unwanted Gifts: You Can Run But You Can Not Hide
  • Theology
Dec27

Unwanted Gifts: You ...

posted by wmccaig

Christmas is just not Christmas without being with my extended family.  However, going home is never easy for me.  It always carries with it the ache for those who are no longer with us.  Christmas Eve was my father-in-law’s birthday, I ache for my husband. Christmas Eve was also my...

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Little Pockets of Love: Reflections from “Down We Go” (part 2)
  • Spirituality
  • The Church
Nov13

Little Pockets of Lo...

posted by wmccaig

As I shared in an earlier post, Kathy Escobar‘s book “Down We Go”, really spoke to me.  I was in California this week, visiting different expressions of how the family of God is on mission together on the other side of our nation.  I interviewed three people who are in the...

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This blog reflects my personal views of faith, the church, theology and life. It contains insights from my work as the founder and Executive Director of a small faith based non-profit doing community development work in the inner city of Richmond, Virginia. The views expressed here are my own and are not that of Embrace Richmond, our board or staff.

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