Recent news has been filled with brutality and evil. War in Ukraine. Shooting upon shooting upon shooting. And a report by the Southern Baptist Convention that details abuse upon abuse…
A friend of mine called the other day. She had Covid, so she decided to do some genealogical research to while away the hours in quarantine. She soon learned that…
Slow, local, messy. Small, hidden, unnoticed. Patient, gentle, kind. These are the words I tend to use to describe the work of God’s Spirit in our lives and in the…
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…
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…
How can white people respond with love to the Derek Chauvin verdict and the recent police shootings of teenagers? The guilty verdict for Chauvin was a relief to many across…
Do you ever get overwhelmed by the injustice in the world? Or feel uncomfortable by the word justice? Or feel paralyzed at the thought of doing anything to undo injustice?…
The harm of privilege is exclusion, injustice, and isolation. When I say the word privilege, I’m talking about a set of unearned social advantages given to one individual or group…
What would it mean for the criminal justice system to be unjust? And if it is, what should Christians do about it? Dominique Gilliard, author of “Rethinking Incarceration,” talks with…
In mid-April, the disparity between my kids’ experience of education and the kids in neighboring towns and cities began to feel unconscionable. Yes, the pandemic highlighted the difference. But now…
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