The Rule of Three
This is a slight adaptation of what I preached yesterday… MaryAnn McKibben Dana Idylwood Presbyterian Church July 14, 2013 Luke 10:25-37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said,...
View ArticleThe Art and Craft of Not Being a Racist
Thanks to my friend Amy Hemphill for sharing this video, in which Jay Smooth turns a critical (side) eye to the Academy Awards. While this year’s presentation was the most “explicitly political” Oscars...
View ArticleGood Morning, #Baltimore
My middle child sings this little bit from Hairspray every time we go to Charm City—our most recent visit was just three days ago. Our family knows Baltimore primarily as tourists and day-trippers, and...
View ArticleThe World Is Still Beautiful
Last night I posted this to Facebook with the caption It’s a beautiful time to be alive. I posted it at 8:30 p.m. Of course I didn’t know that at that moment, a young white man was sitting in an...
View ArticleA Racist Atticus and a Mess of a Book? Bring It On.
I was skeptical when news first broke that Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s long-shelved novel, would be published. Lee has famously refused to let her manuscript, written before To Kill a Mockingbird,...
View ArticleQuestion: Why must we still talk about race? Answer: Twelve.
Note: This post was picked up by the Huffington Post and you can also read it there. I’m reading Ta Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me right now. It’s a dissonant experience because the language...
View ArticleA Word to the Church in Trump’s America
I have been so focused on the book lately that I’ve done no meaningful blogging for a few months now. The events of last week have convicted me that, book deadline or no book deadline, I need to be...
View ArticleGeorge Washington, Race, Greatness, and Me (and You)
The other day I listened to an interview with Chris Jackson, who recently wrapped up his time playing George Washington in the musical Hamilton on Broadway. Robert and I were fortunate enough to see...
View ArticleWednesday Words: On Race, Tribes and Voting
I get in trouble sometimes for putting two things alongside one another to see how they speak to one another. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I read this article this morning, “A pollster on...
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