For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
On Sunday, there was another church massacre. This time in Sutherland Springs, Texas. While I was inviting my congregation to pray for the victims of the latest terror attack in New York City, another was occurring. Twenty- six people, many of them children, are among the dead. The number of persons killed is made worse by […]
Read More“Of two possibilities,” my mother loved to tell me, “choose always the third.” She is a Benedictine nun. I found the words of Sister Joan Chittier in a collection of writings on community titled Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People. I have been carrying it around for a couple of months […]
Read More“The doors of the church are open.” This reminder needs to scroll below news reports of border walls constructed to protect against the “alien invasion” of our neighbor. Because there are no illegal human beings, no one smuggled from the mind of God to earth and our humanity requires no paperwork. Because “the earth is […]
Read More“Community life is martyrdom by fire: it means the daily sacrifice of all of our strength and all our rights, all the claims we commonly make on life and assume to be justified. In the symbol of fire, the individual logs burn away so that, united, its glowing flames send out warmth and light and […]
Read MoreI have the day off because Christopher Columbus “discovered” America. But, we know this is not what really happened. Because you can’t discover a place that is already inhabited by people, no matter how much you try to discount their presence, diminish their story and dismiss their culture. Try telling them to go back where […]
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