Merry Christmas by Langston Hughes
This poem accompanied the sermon, "Making Peace."
MERRY CHRISTMASby Langston HughesPublished In New Masses (Dec. 1930)
Merry Christmas, ChinaFrom the gun-boats in the river,Ten-inch shells...
A Watchman for Our Souls
On Tuesday, author and journalist Neely Tucker sat down with Kojo Nnamdi to discuss the release of Harper Lee’s new/old novel, Go Set a Watchman. I had...
Christmas (Faraway, So Close): A Meditation for Epiphany
The Christmas music has faded. The Christmas lights are slowly but surely going dark and coming down. Today we watch the Wise Men arrive...
Smells Like…Lent
The other night I was down in the basement mopping an area of the floor where the cat had created an unauthorized extension of...
Candlemas is Come at Last
I’ve been reading about Candlemas this past week: the celebration of Christ’s presentation in the Temple forty days after His birth. I’ve read the...
The Tomb is Still Empty
Worship services on the Sunday after Easter are typically the lowest attended of the year. In effect, Easter Sunday has become for us what...
A Psalm
Today marks an interesting convergence: the celebration of Earth Day and the conclusion of the National Days of Remembrance, an annual week-long commemoration of...
The Gospel According to Lil’ Wayne
The latest issue of Rolling Stone arrived in the mail this week with Lil’ Wayne gracing the cover. As someone who has not been...
