The Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation recently hosted a panel discussion with social justice advocates and faith leaders in Minneapolis, MN on the topic of reconciliation. The conversation centered around race, community policing and ideas on how to engage across lines of difference. A common denominator amongst all the... more...

We don’t often think about Ascension Day as one of the important Christian holidays; however, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just as  Christmas and Easter remind us of the incarnation of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of Emmanuel, Ascension Day solidifies the fact that God is with us. Through the... more...

Click the photo above to listen to the prayer. (Prayer transcript below) In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, God of every human soul, hasten to our prayers this day.  Holy One we come to you knowing that we are in the midst of a global pandemic.  Knowing that Coronavirus is ravaging throughout our world and... more...

I was ten years old when Mr. Boston came to live with us. He was an old family friend from our home country of Guyana in South America and the closest I recall to a grandfather. My actual grandfather, John Blair died when I was too young to remember his stern demeanor and strapping stature kept alive in old sepia toned photographs and... more...