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Juneteenth – Celebrating Freedom & Activism

In 1926, Opal was born in Marshall, Texas. She was the oldest of three children, who moved to Fort Worth, Texas, when Opal was ten. Two years later, a mob of 500 white rioters burned down her home, angry that the family for moving into a predominantly black neighborhood. Of the incident, Lee said: “The…

Speaking Your Language

This week, I came across an article celebrating that for the first time ever, the New Testament had been fully translated into a language; for the first time ever, a people would be able to read the New Testament in their native language. In 2026. It was only in 1875 that Christian missionaries first encountered…

A Sign of the Times

If you’ve driven by the church facility in the past couple weeks, you may have noticed I’m not being welcomed anymore — by which I mean the sign no longer says “Welcome Pastor Michael Strickland!” In truth, I had assumed someone was in charge of the sign and would change it, but it turned out…