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July 2014

July 04, 2014

Dead Boy’s Devoted Daddy

Editor's Note: This will be my last post on Patheos. I am grateful for the...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Urban Intellect talks Comedy: Jelani Greenidge

I knew of Jelani Greenidge long before I met him. We were friends in Social...

June 24, 2014

The Holiness of a Place

Can you see the holiness of a place beyond the "No Trespass" sign? That moment...

June 18, 2014

Appearances: Bristol, Johnson City, & Knoxville

I am on the road this week. I have a couple of book events...

June 11, 2014

The Problem with Evil

I have been intentionally silent. Instead of blogging, I have spent time listening to the...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

A Soul Void

Let’s get something clear, okay? Hatred is not a mental illness. It is a soul...

May 29, 2014

Elliot Rodger’s Right

I have been sitting here in silence. Silence broken by birds chirping, dogs barking...

May 22, 2014

Do Something Sacred

When I went to Vietnam the one thing that disturbed me was the way...

May 22, 2014

Summers at Christian Bend, TN

Wild dogwoods were in bloom when Mama’s Aunt Cil died in...

May 21, 2014

A Soldier’s Funeral

The funeral service was held Wednesday morning, August 3, 1966, at McCloud Baptist...

May 20, 2014

Running on Empty

I had a dentist appointment in Tri-Cities yesterday afternoon. It was one of those appointments...

May 17, 2014

The Lost Father

Today (Saturday, May 17) is my father's birthday. Had he lived we would be celebrating...

May 16, 2014

God loves us like a toddler does

I awoke with a start early. Just popped up eyes wide open. I used...

May 13, 2014

About Emily Letts & that Abortion Video

Writing about the pros and cons of abortion always makes me feel like...

May 13, 2014

Holy & Mesmerizing Fiction

The kindly looking fellow in the light blue shirt pulled me aside...

May 11, 2014

Dear Mommy Dearest

I am not getting my mother anything for Mother’s Day, the boy proclaimed. I...

May 08, 2014

About that Supreme Court Ruling on Ceremonial Prayers

When The Redhead called to tell me that her cancer was back and had...

May 03, 2014

Rutgers Browbeats Rice

Rutgers. Pleeeeassseee. Have you no academic integrity? No sense of tolerance? No love, joy or...

May 01, 2014

Inside-Out Morality: The Art of Public Shaming

There I was, waiting for my order at Starbucks, minding my very own business...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

When Nigga & Nigger are Okay Words to Use

Racist Rant of Donald Sterling Non-Racist My Nigga. One of Billboard's Top Rap...

April 24, 2014

Body Bag memory

A prayer of David If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I...

April 23, 2014

The Sound of Sameness

Editor's Note: Rebekah Sanderlin is a journalist, a military wife and a dear friend. She...

April 21, 2014

Judging Intellect

There I was, all decked out in my red suede shoes and glossy pink...

April 16, 2014

My Granny’s Hands

I dreamed of my grandmother’s hands. It was an odd dream since Granny Leona has...

April 15, 2014

People of the Struggle

Resurrections are on my mind this week. Yours, too? Specifically, I've been doing a lot...

April 07, 2014

FNG: Fine Nice Gal’s Run For the Wall

Ten years ago, I joined my father's medic for a cross-country trip, via motorcycle....

April 07, 2014

Hoe it out

My daughter and her family are preparing to move to a new community after...

April 05, 2014

Take the Army’s Word for It: Fort Hood’s Second Shooting

Not a direct precipitating factor. That's the official word out of Fort Hood. Lt. General...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

Weatherford Award for Fiction

In late February, four short weeks ago now, a letter arrived in my inbox. I...

March 27, 2014

Starve a Child, Save a Gay

I was in Nashville when the text message arrived: "Have you kept up with what's...

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