Heritage of Hate
The intense national debate over the removal of Confederate monuments often boils down to questions of intent and affect. What was the original intent...
The Legacy of September 11th
All of us who lived through September 11, 2001, remember precisely where we were and what we were doing when news of the terrorist...
Declaring Our Independence
The two nations on the North American continent that celebrate independence from Great Britain do so three days apart each year. Here in Toronto, this...
Gray
May 31, 2020
Last night
Some of my city burned
This morning after surveying
The remains
I decided to finish painting
My dining room table: blue
And the chairs
Confederate gray
Irony not...
Listen to the Groans
Text: Romans 8:22-27
Some months ago, a friend referred me to an article in the July/August 2020 edition of Faith Today entitled “Listen to...
Daughters of Rizpah: Working Through Trauma
Buttry, Sharon A. and Daniel L. Buttry. Daughters of Rizpah: Nonviolence and the Transformation of Trauma. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2020.
Sharon and Dan Buttry...
Beyond Boundaries
In my humble estimation, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts chapter 8 is one of the most overlooked stories in...
Walking with the Good Shepherd
Texts: 1 John 3: 16-24 and John 10:11-18
A post containing a written copy of "Walking with the Good Shepherd" is available here.
“I am the good shepherd,”...
Walking with the Good Shepherd
Texts: 1 John 3: 16-24 and John 10:11-18
Like many millions of people not only in the United States but around the world, I...
World of Meaning
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Howard Thurman (April 10), an early twentieth century African-American theologian, poet, pastor, and activist...
