Category: Diversity

If the Chicago Cubs Can Do It…

Sam Hamstra | Aug 12, 2008

And I am not referring to winning the World Series; that's but a dream. I am not referring to the fact that the Cubs sent eight players to Major League Baseball's annual All-Star Game: Geovany Soto, Kosuke Fukudome, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Zambrano, Kerry Wood, Ryan Dempster, Carolos Marmol, and Aramis Ramirez. I am referring to the fact that those eight players hail from six different countries. There was one Cub each from Puerto Rico, Japan, Venezuala, … Read More …

Taking Baby Steps

Sam Hamstra | May 13, 2008

Living Hope Church intends to be a multi-ethnic community of Christ’s followers who develop and enjoy community shaped by Scripture. That dream, however, is a strategy, not a goal. Our goal is to partner with our Triune God who is about creating a people with representatives from every tribe and nation. Toward that goal, we have adopted the strategy of multi-ethnicity, one we believe possible because of our location in an ethnically diverse community, but only … Read More …

Uniformity - The Threat To Unity

Sam Hamstra | May 1, 2008

While God the Father heard the prayer of God the Son and through God the Spirit graced us with a sevenfold unity (Ephesians 4:4-6), we must still work at maintaining unity. The big question then is "How?" In many settings, the answer to that question is that unity comes through uniformity. In other words, unity comes when everyone acts the same, thinks the same, looks the same. In such a setting, individuals who wish to become … Read More …