I have been concerned about racial injustice and inequality in our nation for nearly forty years now. I grew up in a small town in eastern North Carolina. Growing up, the gentility of southern culture with its magnolias and manners offered me safety and comfort. And I noticed the discrepancy between my life–my education, […]
Five Books that Have Challenged Me about Race and Justice
I have been concerned about racial injustice and inequality in our nation for nearly forty years now. I grew up in a small town in eastern North Carolina. Growing up, the gentility of southern culture with its magnolias and manners offered me safety and comfort. And I noticed the discrepancy between my life–my education, […]
Thought on the Election of Donald Trump: Trust Your Love Instead of Your Fear
“Trust your love instead of your fear.” I first said those words in a conversation with a woman who had received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, but they have returned to my mind again and again. I have held on to hope and love for my own child with Down syndrome: when she’s diagnosed […]
When Mary Said “Excuse me, what did you say?!?” to the Angel (Or: Advent Reflections on Hope)
I was reading from the early chapters of Luke as a part of getting ready for Christmas, and I came to the moment when the angel appears to Mary. So the Bible translation I read says that when the angel appears Mary feels “greatly troubled.” Translating that into what I might say inside my […]
When Mary Said “Excuse me, what did you say?!?” to the Angel (Or: Advent Reflections on Hope)
I was reading from the early chapters of Luke as a part of getting ready for Christmas, and I came to the moment when the angel appears to Mary. So the Bible translation I read says that when the angel appears Mary feels “greatly troubled.” Translating that into what I might say inside my […]
