Karen Fitzgibbons: A blast from the past

June 12, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

A recent Facebook posting by a fourth grade teacher in Texas or maybe I should say former teacher of Friendship Independent School District has set off a firestorm. Karen Fitzbiggons has said more than a mouthful in response to yet another example of police misconduct. This time it was in McKinney, Texas at a pool party. […]

Loving Violence

August 26, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

“[The Lord’s] soul hates the lover of violence.” ~ Psalm 11.5, NRSV Christopher Lane. A name that I would not have known, much like that of Trayvon Martin, if it were not for the violence that is lamentably common in many American cities. Every day, there are multiple stories involving children, youth and gun violence. And […]