Bruce Reyes-Chow

For the record, we did not going to the big party on the Golden Gate Bridge to celebrate its 75th Birthday. While I am sure it was great...

One of the reasons that I am so committed to my community -- church, family, school, etc. -- is because I don't believe we can move forward in healthy ways unless we understand our past. No, this is not a new concept,...

Every time I blog about homosexuality and the church, I get at least one e-mail or comment that says that I am either wasting my time or sowing dissent.  As a straight, married, Asian American Presbyterian, I agree: This is getting old. I dread the fact that issues of gender,...

I remember during the early days of planting the church that I pastored for 12 years. While I loved the work, there were stressors everywhere. Anxiety inducing questions arose all the time: "Would anyone show up?" "Would they stay if they did come?" and "Who's going to make the coffee?" By far,...

So very excited about a new blog that Kimberly Knight is now hosting as part of the Progressive Christian Channel on Patheos called Coming Out Christian. I don't know Kimberly really well, but I do know her...

As some of you heard, last week the Washington Post reported a story about presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his participation in an incident that many are calling "bullying." Taking place in 1965 while a student at Cranbrook School, Romney, along with a group of friends, held down fellow classmate, John Lauber,...

Over the past few months I've had the privilege of being part of two task forces charged with thinking about the future of the National Council of Churches in the USA in light of...

Over the past few years, I have blogged on many issues of justice in the United States mostly around racism, public education and lgbtq struggles. While I have been called the anti-christ, a blamer of "whitey" and an insecure...

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If you are one of those who "enjoys" the topsy-turvy nature of the election season, the only real show to watch these past few months has been the Republican Primary. I will say that I have...

Romans 12:14-19 (TNIV)

¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. ¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. ¹⁶ Live in harmony with one another. Do not...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

My name is Bruce Reyes-Chow and I too am a Christian. I am also a Presbyterian minister, a husband, a father and a Democrat. Identifiers claimed, I write to you today because I am frustrated with...

On the night of June 19, 1982 in Detroit, after a confrontation at a local club where Vincent Chin was having his bachelor's party, two auto workers, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, beat Chin with a baseball bat until he slipped into a coma. He died four days later on June 23,...

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In the scheme of the world's problems, the goings on of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- no matter how much we would like it not to be true --...

Nearly two decades ago, as a candidate for ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA) I had to take, what we Presbyterians call "ordination exams." Like the medical boards for doctors or the bar for attorneys, we must pass five exams -- Bible context, polity, theology, worship and exegesis -- in order to move...

I have written plenty on race in general and Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in particular, but on this, the 2012 remembrance of the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,...

I know that for people of all faiths prayer is an incredibly important part of life, not only for one's own sense of connecting to God, but also in order to stay connected to the people around them. As social media gets further embedded in our everyday lives, this sense...

With recent developments in the Presbyterian Church (USA) regarding changes in our constitution -- aka Amendment 10a -- that now make it possible for openly LGBTQ folks to be ordained into leadership, there has been quite a bit of finger-pointing and blame directed toward those who live in the more progressive neighborhoods...

I realize that it is a tad bit cliché that my children naturally remind me of so many obvious truths in life, but so what? They do. My youngest child is notorious in our house for her creative...

If you are over 30 you have probably said these words out loud or in your head to someone younger than thyself,

Don't post any picture of you drinking and carrying on because someday, a potential employer is going to see it and not want to hire you.

What if I said that I...