“Don’t walk alone, don’t stand alone, don’t go anywhere by yourself. It was a cryptic warning.” I wasn’t sure if the person on the other end of the phone was trying to be helpful or if they intended to scare … Continue reading The Revolution Televised
The storm is passing over arrangement by Barbara Baker begins with the words, “Have courage my soul, and let us journey on. Though the night is dark, and I am far from home. Thanks be to God, the morning light … Continue reading The Storm Is Passing Over
The phrase that sounds like what all Americans should have heard in the first place when the cry came as a keening from the Black community. Continue reading Precious Lives:
Our collective wholeness includes health equity Shalom is a Hebrew word often translated to the English word: peace. But according to Dr. Al Tizon, in his book Transformation after Lausanne: Radical Evangelical Mission in Global-Local Perspective, “Only a shallow translation … Continue reading Covid and Shalom
Something shifted in May 2020. Suddenly, everyone was seeing racial injustice. Everyone was listening to the conversation about racial inequality. Over the course of that summer, as copies of How to Be an Antiracist and So You Want to Talk … Continue reading Sins and Diseases: Looking Back at 2020
Recently, I was discussing COVID-19 with Christina Anounassar, a fellow mixie who resides in Canada. We were sharing opinions regarding the number of people of color not getting vaccinated, the historical legacy of medical experimentation and the resulting lack of … Continue reading When Compromise is Embedded in our Culture
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