As autumn’s chill whispers closer, September arrives, painting the world in shorter days and longer shadows. The landscape began its seasonal transformation, shedding its vibrant hues. Yet, September also held a profound metaphor: the longer we hover around the edges … Continue reading When Straight Lines Collide
B-More “Pigeons” From Toronto and New York, to London and Venice, and onto Cape Town and Mumbai, pigeons are nearly omnipresent in many of the world’s urban centers. However, crows are the pigeons of Baltimore and surrounding areas. When you … Continue reading My Non-Linear Crow’s Flight of Theopoetics
failed a defining moment that he could never fix and it was all downhill from his pinnacle ever since asking a question with historical rue – What is truth? As if he didn’t’ have a clue? What kind of question … Continue reading Truth on Trial: Pontius Pilate
John 14:6 New International Version 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. In this current climate, we seem to see more and more people confused by what qualifies as TRUTH. It … Continue reading One Degree at a Time
As autumn’s chill whispers closer, September arrives, painting the world in shorter days and longer shadows. The landscape begins its seasonal transformation, shedding its vibrant hues. Yet, September also holds a profound metaphor: the longer we hover around the edges … Continue reading Stop Circling The Truth
We often build from brokenness. We grieve, then put ourselves back together again more times than we would like to admit. When I see the word “reconstruction,” I notice the prefix “re,” meaning “again.” That gives me hope. Hope that … Continue reading RECONSTRUCTION: Clear the Wreckage, Return to the Blueprint
Bernie Madoff became a sacrificial lamb because he violated the rules and took advantage of the untouchables: wealthy, “white,” male, landowners. Every now and then, they may drop one into the system to give the appearance of justice and no … Continue reading The Game
“If you get rid of unfair practices,quit blaming victims,quit gossiping about other people’s sins,If you are generous with the hungryand start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,your shadowed lives will be bathed in … Continue reading Peace, Be Still: Reconstructing America After the Storm
No society simply survives a storm. Every society reconstructs. The only question is what it reconstructs. Some rebuild institutions while leaving injustice intact. Others restore public order while preserving the assumptions that fractured it in the first place. Still others … Continue reading Every Reconstruction Builds a Moral World
