Why you can’t wait

January 20, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Perhaps…the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Why We Can’t Wait It is strange to me that we have not seen beyond race, that it remains the supreme way in which we understand ourselves and each other. I cannot believe that after nearly […]

A dead man’s dream

January 17, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

It seems that I have a knack for finding hard words. Some would argue that life is a challenge but I have found that there is no life apart from challenge. So hear the words of Carl Wendell Hines Jr.: Now that he is safely dead, Let us praise him. Build monuments to his glory. […]

CNN Poll: Racism is a ‘big problem’ to more Americans

January 16, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Maybe it is the number of police- involved incidents, the media coverage or the impact of social media to mobilize a generation who watched these events in black and white footage. Thought to be days long past, believing that it would never be that bad again, we gave Dr. King a holiday. Clearly, we can’t […]

Revisiting King’s Dream

January 6, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

With the New Year, there is talk of resolutions, reading lists and new Bible study series (Well, maybe the last one isn’t on the minds of most people.). Ann Voskamp provides a thoughtful and engaging means to consider those things that we have resolved to do. It can become more than a to- do list if […]