I have been excited to see Hidden Figures for months. The trailer gave me deeply satisfied laughter, hope, and inspiration. The poster gave me goosebumps. I knew I was going […]
“Just make it magical,” I said. I looked at the makeshift learning space: a hallway, really. This was where our church would be asking our children to go in-depth about […]
It was on the way to pick up the kids from school. I slowed to a stop at the crosswalk that connects a paved walking trail with a rails-to-trails path […]
“You come from strong women,” my grandmother said. It was late on a Monday evening in the winter of 1991. We were up late on a school night, and my […]
The time is ripe for race talk. The problem is, some people don’t always feel like talking. A variety of recent events have added to a surge of desired dialogue […]
Growing up, church was… interminably slow. Not bad, just slow. Like the waving of a cardboard fan in the hands of a church mother, it was steady and sure, and […]
A Prayer for My Sons: God, protect them. Protect them from ignorance of their privilege and the advantages they will have as white men. Protect them from entitlement. Protect them […]
Dear Askie, I love my congregation, but I’m starting to think I might have to close my Facebook account. I have a few congregants whose postings are driving me crazy! […]
Rarely can a book successfully weave together complex theological concepts, social justice frameworks, and the stories of ordinary people of faith. Pre-Post Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines […]
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates 152 pp. Spiegel & Grau. When my son Moses was baptized I wrote him a letter about what baptism means for me. It […]
