My New Project
This will be a quick post. I've been working for several years on a new project. For those who follow along on this blog, here's a link...
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Greg Jarrell
- Sep 10, 2021
- 6 min
Hope-Filled Dissent: 20 years later
September 11, 2001 was the day of Opening Convocation at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. It was my first day of seminary (or at...
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Greg Jarrell
- Jul 29, 2021
- 10 min
The Parable of the Absentee Landlord
Psalm 118 Mark 12:1-12 "Peasants" by Diego Rivera In January of 1960, Martin Waters of Waters Insurance and Realty stood before the...
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Greg Jarrell
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
Myers Park Baptist: Seeing Ourselves
Recording to go here
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Greg Jarrell
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
Myers Park Baptist: Confessions from the Empire
Recording to go here
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Greg Jarrell
- Dec 31, 2020
- 5 min
Frank Kimbrough: A Remembrance
The pianist Frank Kimbrough died suddenly on December 30, 2020. I first recall Frank from Cannon Music Camp at Appalachian State...
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Greg Jarrell
- Jul 23, 2020
- 4 min
Trane
There is a new mural of John Coltrane, by artist Scott Nurkin, in Hamlet, NC, the site of Coltrane's birth. I'll be making a pilgrimage...
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Greg Jarrell
- May 31, 2020
- 3 min
Pentecost: A Call to Repentance
Pentecost 2020 First Ward Park, Uptown Charlotte (This short homily was offered during a rally in Uptown Charlotte, a part of continuing...
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Greg Jarrell
- Apr 3, 2020
- 4 min
Housing as Human Right: a few Dorothy Day-inspired thoughts
A basic theological conviction: middle class and wealthy Christians ought to know poor people. They ought to know poor people by name,...
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Greg Jarrell
- Oct 15, 2019
- 2 min
A Riff of Love, one year later
This week, I am celebrating the release of A Riff of Love one year ago. Over that year, I've the chance to speak to and hear from lots of...
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Greg Jarrell
- Aug 27, 2019
- 6 min
God, Friends, Dirt
These reflections were offered at the closing of a week of training for young adults headed across the nation for a year of service and...
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Greg Jarrell
- Aug 6, 2019
- 6 min
After [Fill in the Blank]: A Letter to My White Children on Disrupting White Supremacy
The following is an excerpt from my book A Riff of Love: Notes on Community and Belonging, available wherever you buy books. There are...
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Greg Jarrell
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
Explainer: How to Justify a War with Iran
As the rhetoric for armed conflict with Iran escalates, I want to offer a thorough analysis of how a war with Iran might be justified...
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Greg Jarrell
- Jun 16, 2019
- 11 min
Burn the Damned Thing Down
June 16, 2019 Trinity Sunday Luke 12:16-34 Habakkuk 2 [This sermon was delivered at Caldwell Presbyterian Church on June 16, 2019. The...
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Greg Jarrell
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Justice and Belonging: Stories and Music
When I started writing A Riff of Love, an idea that was encouraged from day one by my friend Anthony Smith, I knew two things: for one, I...
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Greg Jarrell
- May 2, 2019
- 5 min
Dreaming Small: A Meditation on Building Bridges
On May 2, 2019, Helms and I were honored by MeckMin, our regional interfaith alliance, with their “Bridge Builder Award.” What follows...
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Greg Jarrell
- Feb 1, 2019
- 6 min
A Gentle Man of This Place: A funeral sermon for John Richard Jarrell
My grandfather John Richard Jarrell died on Jan 23 at 92 years old. He lived his entire life on Jarrell Farm Road near Wentworth, NC, and...
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Greg Jarrell
- Jan 10, 2019
- 2 min
Finding the Perfect Starter Home
Recently, a local website published a report called "11 Coolest Neighborhoods for Finding a Starter Home under $425,000." This got Helms...
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