“The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander & “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (10th Anniversary Ed.), by Michelle Alexander, and Just Mercy: A Story...
Book Review: “This is What I Know About Art” by Kimberly Drew
Kimberly Drew’s book, This is What I Know About Art, is a tiny book at 63 pages,...
Monsters
Monsters
September 18, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsberg is dead
Love Part 2: Justice and Mercy
On May 25, the world watched in horror as video footage of George Floyd’s death circulated online. Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin...
Graffiti
Grafitti
June 2020. Richmond, Virginia.
My friend studies graffiti
From Roman ruins
I once heard her speak on the things
We learn from words arrested by time
When ash rained...
Active and Ongoing
Here in Canada, yesterday was Monday – a Monday like any other Monday with the exception that the elementary school teachers in...
Prophetic Tasks: Grieving in a Society That Practices Denial
This sermon (or a reasonable facsimile) was preached on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at Kingsway Baptist Church. The texts are Lamentations 1:1-6; 3:19-26 and Matthew...
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....
Vine City USA
As you enter the town of Berwyn Heights where we live, you pass a sign that says: “Welcome to Berwyn Heights: a...
Falling Stars (and Bars)
This morning my Facebook feed is filled with commentary on South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s call for the Confederate Flag to be...