As the year comes to a close, I want to thank those who read and follow my work on this blog. It is not lost on me that the world is competing for attention with digital content. Whether you are one of the several hundred subscribers to the blog or one of the approximately 25,000 … Continue reading 2025: A Year of Writing for the Assemblies of God
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Why Black History Month Matters
History is an act of empathy. To learn someone's history, you have to love them. You have to care about who they are, where they came from, their experiences, and what they care about. It takes tremendous compassion, empathy, and love to open yourself to someone else's experience. This is why Black History Matters. As … Continue reading Why Black History Month Matters
A Profile of North American Spirit-empowered Christianity
In 2023, I was invited to contribute a chapter on Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in the North America volume of the Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity. I am grateful to Kenneth Ross, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, and Todd Johnson for allowing me to represent Spirit-empowered Christianity in North America for this beautiful and informative volume. This … Continue reading A Profile of North American Spirit-empowered Christianity
The Ascendancy of Black, Female Pentecostal Scholars
There has been an interesting development in several prominent U.S. seminaries in 2023. Religion News Service reporter, Rebekah Barber, notes that a number of Black, female, scholars have ascended to places of leadership in a male and white dominated field of theological education. This is certainly of note because Black women in the academy are … Continue reading The Ascendancy of Black, Female Pentecostal Scholars