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…
Get out of the echo chamber and hold to hope and courage
The echo chamber sends unending messages each day about the onslaught of the evil that is walking the national leadership halls surrounded by an aura of being unstoppable. It is maddening. I am sure I am not alone in being…
Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Catherine Meeks
Catherine Meeks is a prolific author of works on race and justice, including the recent memoir, A Quilted Life: Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter, and one of the Episcopal Church’s most impactful teachers on racial healing. After retiring as the…
We are afraid but we are standing up anyway
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, seemed horrified and fragile as she spoke a few days ago about being afraid of Donald Trump and his retribution tactics. I understand the fear. I respect the fear. Sometimes, it is good to allow fear…
Here’s one way to do something and not remain silent
“Engage in speaking the truth, so that we do not mislead anyone by our silence.” — Book of Common Prayer During the presidential prayer service at Washington National Cathedral for the beginning of Donald Trump’s new term, Bishop Mariann Budde…
The silence is too loud!
On a cold day in January 1983, I sat on a bus in Beirut, Lebanon, stunned by my inability to speak. I was with a handful of my fellow Americans who had been invited by Americans for Middle East Understanding…
A plea for courage
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Budde. Where are the rest of them, the folks who proclaim the Christian faith and yet never would dare stand before the president to ask for mercy for our sisters and brothers who deserve mercy? Where…
Dismantling the master’s house
For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. — Audre Lorde Audre Lorde helps us…
Undecided voters, time has run out
Over the next handful of days, millions of thoughtful and responsible people will go to the polls to cast ballots for many things, among them electing the president of the United States. I wish there had been two viable and…
What they are not saying: JD Vance and Project 2025
A few days ago, an Ohio Sheriff, Bruce Zuchowski, called Vice President Kamala Harris “a laughing hyena.” This type of disrespect — along with lies about Haitians eating stolen pets, comments about liberals not being victims of assassination attempts and…
It’s about damn time!
One day in 1962, while sitting in my Arkansas seventh grade schoolroom surrounded by classmates, poor facilities, inadequate school resources such as a good library, science labs or a place to fix hot lunches, segregation and poverty, I made the…
The leadership house is on fire …
… And it is a good idea to allow it to burn to the ground. Then we can stand around its ashes in solidarity as we work to allow the emergence of a new way to practice the important craft…