My profession is under attack. As the Harvard Business Review notes, “Dismantling DEI has become a core mission of the conservative political movement.” Over the past few years, I’ve felt the weight of this targeting, but the recent election has … Continue reading Bracing for the Storm: Navigating DEI Work in a Hostile Climate
Winter, a season of reflection, remembrance, and storytelling, has always been a sacred time for tribal communities—a time to gather and share lessons from the past. The Old Ones would say that as the snow blankets the earth, it also … Continue reading Winter Reflection: The Buffalo Robe Story
No more lives torn apartThat wars would never startAnd time would heal all heartsAnd everyone would have a friendAnd right would always winAnd love would never end, noThis is my grown up Christmas list written by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson-Jenner (lyrics). I … Continue reading And Right Will Always Win?
Faithing while Black Dr. Esau McCauley, author of Reading While Black, contrasted one of the main features of the Black Church with a major point of contention in European Christianity. In a panel discussion with the Jude 3 Project, McCauley … Continue reading Christmassing While Black
Christmas is one of the most beloved holidays for many American families, especially children. In my family, it was more than a day. Our festivities began the day after Thanksgiving, as this was the official day for starting our decorating … Continue reading Holiday Traditions and Transitions
The final Christmas sermon Dr. King gave begins: “This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere, paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world … Continue reading The Foundation of Hope: The God Who Makes All Things New
No more lives torn apartThat wars would never startAnd time would heal all heartsAnd everyone would have a friendAnd right would always winAnd love would never end, noThis is my grown up Christmas list written by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson-Jenner (lyrics). The … Continue reading The December Edition: Grown-Up Christmas Dreams For A World In Need of Them
Hope gives us the ability to dream and look into our future. As children we were brave and courageous to dream of being rich billionaires to buy the things our parents could not afford. To dream of dreams society would … Continue reading Juans Hope of the American life
Not one of us was here when this house was built. Our immediate ancestors may have had nothing to do with it, but here we are, the current occupants of a property with stress cracks and bowed walls and fissures … Continue reading My Grown-Up Christmas List: A Poem of Hope
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