Rev. Charles Drew is a member of the Executive Board of the Center for Christian Civics and pastor emeritus of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in New York City, an evangelical church with a particular focus on Columbia Univeristy, nearby schools, and the local poor. He is the author of several books, including Body Broken: Can Republicans and Democrats Sit in the Same Pew? and The Ancient Love Song: Finding Christ in the Old Testament. He and his wife live and minister in New York City.
A Meditation for Lent
For Christians, Lent is typically a season of reflection, repentance and preparation. Pastor Charles Drew shares how we can prepare our hearts for mission and worship during this particular Lent at this particular time in our country’s life.
February 21, 2018
Your Words Matter: October Reflection
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger… A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!” Proverbs 15:1, 4, 23 At a recent
October 12, 2017
September Reflection
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The
September 5, 2017
The Morning After
How We Might Feel Some of us are jubilant about the results of November 8. Some of usare despondent. Both reactions need to be tempered. Jubilation needs to be tempered by humility. Despondency needs to be tempered by hope. In both cases King Jesus must do the tempering. In the first case, the case of the
November 9, 2016