O say can you see, by the dawns early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming What WE hail’d proudly as a people, throughout our American journey, has been the power of our voices. Whenever the … Continue reading O Say Can You See
I laid sleepless in my bed many times throughout my childhood and adult life, thinking of all the things I should have said out loud and done in moments of crisis the previous day. I’m often frozen when I need … Continue reading Silence Demonstrates Immaturity
There are times we need to speak up. Terrible things have taken root in our world because good people went along and said nothing. Maybe you’ve begun to notice things, our indifference, or the unequal measures we use. Maybe you … Continue reading You Gotta Say Something
By Joel A. Bowman, Sr. As a Christian leader, I will not be silent about the current state of White evangelicalism in America! I must lay out the facts clearly and succinctly. Due to the rise of Donald Trump and … Continue reading The Trump Card: How White Evangelicals Are Being Played
It was 1969, one year removed from the Assassinations of Doctor Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. My parents had moved into the dream home they had built in Perry Township, Ohio, a suburban area just outside of Columbus. … Continue reading Calculus for Controlling the Narrative
As the celebration goes on for America’s Birthday, we are also in the space of racial reckoning. White Backlash reminds us that we’ve seen this place before. I can remember while growing up at about the age of being just … Continue reading Deja vu, Or Something Else?
On January 6, 2021, I was in quarantine, after testing positive for COVID-19. I read and watched TV to pass the time. After flipping to CNN, I began to see early reports of the insurrection at the Capitol. I saw the … Continue reading Déjà Vu: The Recycling of the Confederate Flag
“Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine … Continue reading Breaking Fear Through Faith & Justice
In today’s America, various institutions are divested into transparent, Glass Houses. The Glass House analogy is for two reasons; the first is institutional’ fragility. Among numerous white Evangelicals, many are classified as white working-class Americans. Swaths of them grew increasingly … Continue reading Compromise Hidden in Plain Sight
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