Invitation to Discuss White Picket Fences
I have put together several discussion guides that I hope and pray will help you to gather people together and equip you for a great conversation about the themes and…
Guest Post: Cara Meredith – Author of Color of Life
Cara Meredith’s new book, The Color of Life, is a memoir about race, justice, and love. I so appreciated Cara’s story—her marriage to James Meredith, a black man who came…
White Picket Fences Discussion Guides Are Here!
“Are you going to tell me I have to sell my house?” “How should I respond when people tell me I am a burden to society?” “The word privilege doesn’t…
Guest Post: Brian Allain – Why I Started Publishing in Color
Many people are troubled by the social divisions in our nation, and many people want ways to respond to these divisions. I’ve written about the need for holistic and lifelong…
Can My Little Efforts Make Any Difference in an Angry and Divided World?
January brings with it the promise of change: all those New Year’s resolutions and 365 days to implement plans and hopes and dreams of a better future. Three weeks in,…
Five Memoirs to Read Alongside White Picket Fences
Last night, Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, author of A Sojourner’s Truth: Choosing Freedom and Courage in a Divided World, and I read passages from our respective memoirs side by side at…
Silence, Solitude, Stillness, and…Sickness
I usually love Sunday mornings. I sleep until I wake up, and then I make a cup of tea and sit in front of the fireplace and read and journal…
‘Tis the Season for Stress
I woke up at 4:32 this morning. I had set the alarm for 5:30, but my body seemed to think that would not do. There was the knowledge that American…
Jesus Came From A Dysfunctional Family
We had Marilee’s parent/teacher conference yesterday morning. We heard about her leadership in the classroom and the play she is writing with her friend Nathan. She’s kind to the other…
A Note on the Terms in White Picket Fences
White Picket Fences addresses the topic of privilege, giving particular attention to race, class, and disability. I chose to use the term “African American” most of the time within these…
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