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September 2015

September 11, 2015

A Broken Heart, Mom Rage, and a Call to Action

***Before I even get started, here's a plea: Donate to Syrian refugees through UNHCR here....

September 10, 2015

Stand Still

Today is September 11th, 2015. It’s been 14 years since we all stood...

August 2015

August 13, 2015

Heritage, Not Hate.

Heritage, Not Hate. I'm from the South. Virginia, born and raised. I love it. This...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

The Confederate Flag, the History of the South, and the Testimony of our Sisters and Brothers

A few weeks before the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney was killed at Emmanuel AME Church,...

July 14, 2015

To Lament Injustice

A few months ago I wrote about a situation at Northwest Nazarene University where Tom...

July 11, 2015

Us or Them versus Us for Them

Us or Them versus Us for Them Ahh. The Bible. Romans 14. Read this...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Stepping Away from Leadership Voluntarily

I have had, over the years, some interesting and deeply thoughtful conversations with leaders, primarily...

May 2015

May 14, 2015

Jesus, Gandhi, and King

I have considered myself a pacifist since meeting a few wonderfully revolutionary souls in college...

May 11, 2015

4 things Summer Missions Teams need to think about before headed to the City

4 things “Summer Missions teams” need to think about before headed to the city. Short...

April 2015

April 14, 2015

A Life of Love and Academic Freedom

tenure: the right to keep a job (especially the job of being a professor...

April 08, 2015

Accompaniment as Emergence

I’ve been called to a ministry of accompaniment that means I have chosen to walk...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

“You’re Only As Good As Your Friends”

Last night, Anthony Smith (aka Postmodern Negro) and I celebrated our 10-year friendiversary with an...

March 17, 2015

Lenten Peace in Israel

Today There are three big things in my cultural-religious mind going on today. Today is...

March 14, 2015

Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental

Spoiler Alert: If you are a huge Star Wars fan and are currently watching or...

March 12, 2015

Revolution, Evolution or Good Disagreement?

This post is prompted by a number of things that have left me pondering how...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

A Prayer for Black History Month and the Lenten Season

Loving God, who reigns on Earth as it is in Heaven Father God Whom the...

February 08, 2015

Compassion When We Disagree

I was listening the other day to someone talk vehemently about religious people who hold...

January 2015

January 17, 2015

Let’s Talk About Race

This week at my church, Solomon's Porch, while our usual master of ceremonies, Doug Pagitt,...

January 16, 2015

Growing as Agents of Peace and Healing

Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come. For see, winter is past, the rains...