Jesus had a lot to say about putting new wine in old wineskins, and those words need not to be lost on us as we imagine our way forward in our racial healing work. It not good enough to put…
It’s time to try a new approach on racial healing
In order for any old ways and systems to change, there must be people with the capacity for vision who can imagine that change. Bridging the Rivers of Difference, A Proclamation of Unity In Resistance is my new book that…
Sticks, stones and words will break your bones
Most of us know the old saying that “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” And most of us know that it is not true because words will hurt us. Over the past decade,…
Despair is attractive, but hope looks better
I don’t know about everyone else, but some days I am really challenged by trying to hang on to hope. There are days when despair is attractive. For instance, I recently was doing a bit of searching for something to…
Despair is not a choice
Many of us who care and are paying attention to the current reign of evil and terror in America are finding it hard to stay on the path of hope. When we see little children being used as pawns by…
While food rots in warehouses, thousands die
It has been reported that USAID food designated for distribution sits in warehouses that charge a $10,000 per day storage fee and that more than 700,000 people have died thus far as a result of the cuts made by the…
A committee of one
On Thanksgiving Day, when my sons and I sit down for dinner, we will be joined by a gentleman who spent the past 12 years living the harrowing life of an unhoused person. While living on the streets, he suffered…
The Young Republicans are old enough to know better
Vice President JD Vance’s comment about the outrageous 29,000 text messages sent by the New York Young Republicans being about “kids” acting foolishly does not hold up under thoughtfulness. First, many of those involved are at least 20 years old….
Why I’m glad DEI is being dismantled
I am glad DEI is being dismantled. I hope all the attempts to soft-pedal systemic racism in this country without calling its name will be dismantled. Many people have found ways to water down this work, which is a part…
Stephen Miller, we know what you’re doing
Recently, I read that in 1988, a decision was made in Russia to stop giving their more than 50 million school children history examinations because they did not wish to continue to spread the “lies” the history was spreading. When…
If you act right … Actually, it takes more than acting
Then the Lord said to Cain: Why are you angry? Why are you dejected? If you act rightly, you will be accepted; but if not, sin lies in wait at the door: its urge is for you, yet (but) you…
We need to put an end to masked ICE agents
As I observed these groups of masked folks wearing gear, in some cases declaring them as police, I wondered why they were hiding. Could it be they know there is no defense for their dastardly behavior toward thousands of law-abiding…