The Luxury of Talking about Race

Two weeks ago, I led a conversation on race and faith, inviting participants to reflect on their experiences of race & ethnicity as well as on the ways that their church upbringings had (or hadn’t) equipped them to respond to racism. “Jesus loves the...

One Hundred & Baltimore

If the Spirit did not sigh for us, over us, I wonder who would. Who would hear our stories in their rawest honesty and sigh in agreement, “Never again”? Who would sit with us in the silence of shadows and trace the dust of memories? Who would hold out the...

Monday Muse: Hear My Prayer

Listen. Sssssshhhh. Really, just listen. Listen to the Psalms. Listen to all one hundred fifty of these ancient prayers — one psalm after another, one voice after another, without music or interlude, without commentary or homily. Just ssssshhh, listen and let...

A Fool for Beauty

I am a fool for your beauty — the way you stretch yourself out like the clear blue sky with nothing to hide, nothing to hold back; the way you are manifest in the earth with mountains for hips a smile in blues & yellows the relaxed river your strength &...

Book Review: Echo Still

For the first time in long time, I read a YA novel this spring: Echo Still by my friend and colleague Tim Tibbitts. It’s also the first time in a long time that I’ve pulled my head out from mounds of church-related books & papers to simply read a story...

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