When You Say the Wrong Thing
I messed up in my last conversation about social justice and racism. I was talking with a white man from New York who grew up in what he described as…
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Truth Can Feel Miserable
“Before ‘the truth sets you free,’ it tends to make you miserable.” —Richard Rohr, Falling Upward Truth can feel miserable. I don’t like seeing the truth about myself when it…
Christianity Today: Independence Day Calls Us to the Holy Work of Repair
As we approach this Fourth of July, I am thinking about those tattered and threadbare flags that led to an empty flagpole. I am thinking of the reasons my grandfather,…
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Mammograms
Is everything about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) these days? That’s the claim—or accusation—a lot of parents are making across the country when it comes to a newfound focus on…
The Quartet of the Vulnerable and Justice
Derek Chauvin will come before a judge for sentencing later this week. He, and we, will learn how much time he will spend behind bars as punishment for his crime…
On Juneteenth, Beyond Anti-Racism
Today is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas. It is a day to lament the gap between the ideals of…
AJB Recommends: 4 Great Novels by Mildred Taylor
Summer reading recommendation: check out Mildred Taylor’s lesser-known novels. Novels by Mildred Taylor Many people have heard of Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, a 1976 Newberry-Award-winning novel about…
Compassionate Anti-Racism
A lot of white people are afraid to get involved in anti-racism work. Many of us are afraid to claim association with #BlackLivesMatter. We’ve heard from friends or colleagues that…
AJB Recommends: Resources About Critical Race Theory
Parents are worried about their kids learning Critical Race Theory in the classroom. Some are concerned about indoctrination. Some are worried about kids only learning the negative aspects of American…
Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later
In order to understand the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and the destruction of “Black Wall Street” one hundred years ago, I needed both a history lesson and a math…
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