Howard Thurman’s When the Song of the Angels is Stilled

January 3, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the […]

First and foremost

January 1, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

It’s about priorities, about who has the right to take precedence, about what is more important, about the most pressing matter. It’s about who will hold our attention and what will hold our tongues. It’s about who will hold us back and what we will hold back no longer. It’s about speaking up, giving voice […]

Say it again

December 29, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

I have ordered nearly forty new books for the new year. Half are on race and the other half focus on the spiritual life and Christian community. Along with you, they are my conversation partners. I feel that no one wants to talk about race as much as I do, at least not in the […]

The First Noel

December 25, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

This is not a tradition. We are not handing down his manger, recycling hay. This is not something to be passed around like an old fur or grandma’s pearls. While a part of history, it is also part mystery. God in flesh, this is not what we would expect. This is not a habit to […]