{"id":7653,"date":"2024-06-06T11:45:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedesertsanctuary\/?p=7653"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:51:24","slug":"a-book-banning-gone-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedesertsanctuary\/2024\/06\/a-book-banning-gone-good\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Banning Gone Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A Book Banning Gone Good<\/strong> <\/p>\r\n

I must say, I\u2019m almost glad a group of over-zealous religious people are trying to ban this book in St. Joseph, MO because it made me want to buy it and read it!<\/p>\r\n

So many times in recent years, my friends who are black and\/or marginalized have tried to communicate what they go through. I have tried to listen, not always that effectively.<\/p>\r\n

Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel prize, is touching my soul with this book! It\u2019s not overt, but subtle. It\u2019s simple, yet powerful. I had to stop reading it at the airport because of the powerful descriptions of what it\u2019s like to be poor, powerless, and punished for being human that I felt somewhere deep inside me.<\/p>\r\n

I want to help, I want to be the hero, but I\u2019m learning to read\u2013to listen\u2013and hopefully understand deeply what my fellow human beings have experienced and are carrying with them as trauma.<\/p>\r\n

The book banners can\u2019t even begin to understand this.<\/p>\r\n

Words are sometimes powerful because they are elegant and simple and true. I hope I can become a writer that helps people to cry, reflect and heal like Toni Morrison did for me this week.<\/p>\r\n

If I can stop crying, I\u2019ll go finish this wonderful piece of literature!<\/p>\r\n

Be where you are, be who you are,<\/p>\r\n

Karl Forehand<\/p>\r\n

Okay<\/a> The Jezebel Scapegoat Shuffle<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My Top 10 Suggestions for Theologians<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Was Jesus well-known in the 1st Century?<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Colosseums and Cathedrals<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n