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The John 17:23 Network – February gathering

This month an informal gathering of The John 17:23 Network will be held on Sunday, February 11 (this coming Sunday), 7pm at Elmer’s (the Delta Park location – 9848 N. Whitaker Rd.). Bob Wall will be...

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Unfinished Business

Originally delivered as the Keynote Address for The Albina Ministerial Alliance’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Service* Allen Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon January 15,...

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Go and Fix It vs. Go and Share Life

By Paul Louis Metzger   In an interview several years ago with the Rt. Rev. Dr. David Zac Niringiye, then assistant bishop of Kampala in the Church of Uganda, Andy Crouch asked this question: “What...

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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism–One Church?

By Paul Louis Metzger The words “One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism” loom large behind the pulpit at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church in Portland, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once spoke. I...

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Lupus

By Paul Louis Metzger The church in Northeast Portland was packed that hot, sunny afternoon a summer ago for the funeral of a leading African American minister’s wife.  At one point in the service, a...

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A Tale of Two Cities & A Tale of Two Lives

By Paul Louis Metzger My pastor, Tory Campbell, has alluded to “A Tale of Two Cities” in recent weeks on Sunday mornings at Irvington Covenant Church. You may have read Charles Dickens’ classic tale of...

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Passive Racism

This essay was originally posted at Uncommon God, Common Good on May 30, 2012.   By Paul Louis Metzger I am a passive racist, or perhaps better, a passive racialist. When one speaks of being a racist,...

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Can We All Get Along?

This essay was originally posted at Uncommon God, Common Good on June 22, 2012.   By Paul Louis Metzger The late Rodney King’s famous five words will stick with us for a long time: “Can we all get...

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The Illegal Samaritan

This essay was originally published in Unity in Christ Magazine on April 24, 2012.   By Paul Louis Metzger The Good Samaritan story recorded in Luke 10:25-37 could have been titled The Illegal...

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“What Would Jesus Do” with Illegal Immigrants?

This essay was originally published at Uncommon God, Common Good on June 4, 2012.   By Paul Louis Metzger You may have heard of people wearing bracelets that signify their opposition to Arizona’s laws...

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