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December 2013

December 06, 2013

Heeding Our Prophets: 21st Century Freedom Ride

As the world celebrates Nelson Mandela, one of the great prophets of justice in the...

December 05, 2013

Literature as a Container for Empathy: Continued Conversation with Fred Bahnson

Yesterday, I began a conversation with Fred Bahnson, one of my favorite authors, about what...

December 04, 2013

Why We Write: A Conversation With Fred Bahnson

Last year, when I agreed to teach a workshop on writing and social change, folks...

December 02, 2013

Waiting for the Jesus Who Is Not Ours

This Advent, I've joined my friends at the Baby Jesus Blog to reflect on what...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Dorothy Day: A Light Shining Brighter Than Our Black Friday

33 years ago today, Dorothy Day died at the Catholic Worker in New York City...

November 25, 2013

Hungry for a Family

As we sit around our tables for Thanksgiving, most of us are thankful for our...

November 14, 2013

Unless the Lord Builds the House

Four years ago, when I was getting up early in the morning to write a...

November 12, 2013

The Light That Can Shine

This weekend, to celebrate the release of my new book, Strangers at My Door, several...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

The Good News in Durham

Between news of gun violence, a civil rights lawsuit against our public schools, and reports...

October 29, 2013

Remembering A Baptist Saint

A son of the American South, Clarence Jordan was troubled by his people’s comfortable embrace...

October 11, 2013

Time for Another Charrette in Durham

Beginning the first weekend of December this year, Man Bites Dog Theatre will honor Durham's...

October 09, 2013

The Jesus Doctrine

After 9-11, the concept of preemptive war to prevent mass terror became known as "the...

October 03, 2013

The Only God I Believe In

On Friday, September 27th, my grandfather, Alvin Wade Hartgrove, died. His funeral on Monday was...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Prayer and Action: Finding Our Center of Gravity

A year ago today, my friends Chris and Phileena Heuertz started Gravity: A Center for...

September 16, 2013

Standing With Those Who Cry for Justice

Christians who care about justice often talk about our responsibility to stand up as a...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Where the Dream Comes From

When bells ring across America at 3pm today celebrating Martin Luther King's call 50 years...

August 22, 2013

Remebering Dr. King: Turning Dreams into Deeds Then and Now

The public school that my son JaiMichael attends doesn’t hold classes on the third Monday...

August 16, 2013

Freedom Ride 2013: Join Us!

As America prepares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr....

August 15, 2013

Getting Clear On Who I Work For

Back in the winter, I got a call one morning from a friend who works...

August 06, 2013

The Trust We Lack on National Night Out

Across the country communities will gather for block parties tonight, leaving porch lights on and...

August 05, 2013

Lessons from My Fast With Dream 9

I'm grateful to those of you who prayed with me for the release of the...

July 2013

July 27, 2013

Public Witness to Support Revision of Anti-Panhandling Law

At 2pm tomorrow, Sunday, July 28, concerned citizens of Durham will conduct a silent march...

July 26, 2013

UPDATE: Dream 9 Free At Last!

UPDATE: We've just learned that the Dream 9 have been released. Here's news story from...

July 22, 2013

Today’s Freedom Riders

In 1961, when John Lewis was a student at American Baptist College, he wrote to...

July 19, 2013

Celebrating Our Sisters in the Struggle

On July 19, 1848, the first Women’s Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New...

July 12, 2013

Why Justice is Face-to-Face

As the concerns of Moral Mondays draw national attention, including a New York Times editorial...

July 11, 2013

Saint Benedict Today

Today is the feast day for Saint Benedict, the father of Western monasticism. 1500 years...

July 08, 2013

Forward Together After Moral Mondays: Where Do We Go From Here?

For the tenth consecutive Monday in North Carolina, thousands of people got off work and...

July 08, 2013

Crying Out for What Our Courts Can’t Give

As I crossed the country on Friday, passing through three US airports, Sybrina Fulton, the...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Moral Monday in Mayberry

All of the events recorded below are true. Some of them actually happened. I got...

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