“Dred Scott Decision — On March 6, 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, of the United States Supreme Court, declared that ‘The negro has no rights which the white man is bound to respect’; in a decision to deny a … Continue reading They Shoot Dreamers Don’t They?
Black Folks didn’t have to go find surrealism, their lives were already surreal.” Richard Wright As I prepared to write this article, there were three books that led my spirit: Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D. G. … Continue reading Granting Ourselves Permission to Dream…Again
When my eldest son was in sixth grade, he ran with the cross-country team at his school. One afternoon, I was parked under the shade of the middle school parking lot waiting for practice to finish, the colors of autumn … Continue reading Advent of the Wonderous Ordinary
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” John 1:1, 14a Who would imagine the Creator of humanity clothing Himself … Continue reading Who Would Imagine Such a Powerful WORD! by Carl McRoy
Coming in the November as a special guest contributor Robert Chao Romero is an associate professor in the UCLA departments of Chicana/o Studies and Central America Studies, and Asian American Studies. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Latin American … Continue reading Robert Chao Romero, Coming in November
The downtown street was dark and unfamiliar. There were deep shadows punctuated by yellow streetlamps. I wasn’t sure exactly where I was going, but the sidewalk was mostly empty save for a rather large man ahead of me. The clip … Continue reading Panic Attack
In his extraordinary letter written from prison to the people of the church at Philippi, the Apostle Paul prays that their love would abound, that they would discern, make good decisions, and that they’d be sincere and without offense “till … Continue reading What Jesus Did with Privilege
Some things need to be broken so that something new and redemptive can be made from the pain and the pieces. A “Christian” man from a nationally known conservative evangelical family who lives just 20 miles down the road from … Continue reading Re-making from the Breaking
My husband and I went to a marriage workshop that taught us seeking “compromise” always leaves one partner “losing” with lingering dissatisfaction in the relationship. The problem with losing relational negotiations is that it is hard to change once a … Continue reading Compromise & Culture
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