Sep 28, 2009 | church, faith, racism
A preacher’s sermons are inevitably informed by experience—her own experiences, the experiences of congregants or others she knows, as well as communal/global experiences. So it is no surprise that my sermon on 9/27 had “Beloved” as its...
Aug 4, 2009 | justice, lament, prayer, racism
There is a disconnect—a chasm, it seems— between the brilliant expanse of the sun-glittered ocean stretching out to meet the blue sky and the reckless, shocking abuse of authority that ends a child’s party with Tasers. The abundant violets and pinks arrayed in...
