Lakeshore Outreach

This column is being written on June 15, California’s long anticipated Re-opening Day. The shops on Lakeshore Avenue are busy. Parking in front of the church is again an issue. Our LCC Summer Camp program is in full swing and … Continue reading June 24, 2021 →

Family, Douglas Avilesbernal asked me to write a column about Lakeshore’s diversity for the Evergreen Baptist Association newsletter. What follows is that column. Some of you will have read it online and some in the EBA newsletter. Please excuse the … Continue reading May 27, 2021 →

Family, One of my community commitments is serving as President of the Lakeshore Avenue Business District Board of Directors. The BID is a legal entity formed by the commercial property owners of Lakeshore and Lake Park Avenues. The property owners … Continue reading April 29, 2021 →

Family, This timely article was written by Brittany Grimes of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies and published in Christian Citizen. Longtime friend and colleague from the Board of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Curtis Ramsey-Lucas is the … Continue reading March 25, 2021 →

Some white Christians speak a great deal about accountability, but then apply it very selectively. The response, or lack thereof, to the charges by the United States House of Representatives of “incitement of insurrection” against former President Trump on the … Continue reading February 25, 2021 →

In a recent discussion with our LABC Youth Group, I talked about how many tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King fail to recognize that he was a Baptist pastor, a minister formed by, and committed to, the traditions of the … Continue reading January 28, 2021 →

“It’s not that you accept gays and lesbians in your church, or even that they are part of your leadership, it’s that you joined an organization dedicated to them that we find offensive. If you will just leave the organization … Continue reading December 31, 2020 →

The year 2020 will end soon. Few will mourn its passing. It will be remembered as one of the most difficult years, if not the most difficult year, of our lives. Global pandemic. Racial injustice. Political turmoil. Economic uncertainty. The … Continue reading December 3, 2020 →

The Right-wing Christian leader Franklin Graham organized a “Prayer March” that was held in Washington D.C. on Saturday, September 26th. A mostly white crowd of thousands gathered on the National Mall to pray for national unity, the well-being of President … Continue reading October 29, 2020 →

I invite you to join us for Bible Study on Tuesday nights at 6:00, or Wednesday mornings at 10:30 in the coming weeks as we embark on 66 weeks of study of one passage from every book of the Bible. … Continue reading September 24, 2020 →