Tag Archives: Trayvon Martin

What #Ferguson Tells Us About Ourselves (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

My Facebook feed has been riddled with rants about how justice was served (!) or how justice wasn’t served (!) for the last seventeen hours, after the verdict came back with no indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting … Continue reading →

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Fruitvale Station: The Ghosts Of The Past (Movie Review)

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

On January 1, 2009, a twenty-two-year-old man named Oscar Grant III died after been shot by BART officers in Oakland, California’s Fruitvale Station, part of the public transportation system. An ex-con, an ex-gang member, and an ex-drug user, Grant appears … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: A Fish Story

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

This sermon has two endings, and it’s up to you which one you need the most to hear today. Consider it a “choose your own adventure”…. If you’ll be around the Stand UMC on July 21 at 9 a.m. in … Continue reading →

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The Hoodie Verdict: Law vs. Justice

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

I have to admit it: I’m angry. And sad, confused, disappointed. The George Zimmerman trial ended with an acquittal of the charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was determined to … Continue reading →

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