Few things are more offensive to those committed to the pull yourself up by your own bootstraps philosophy than the message that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, n...
Richard “Dick” Brogan was a personal friend, and he was one of my heroes.
Dick was a white Mississippi Baptist minister who worked tirelessly to build relationships between whites and blacks during segregatio...
Sixty percent is a supermajority,
who took time out of their busy schedules,
who needed to make a statement,
who wanted to leave a legacy,
who knew exactly how and where lines must be drawn.
So much good c...
It breaks my heart today to see how often politics shapes our faith, rather than faith shaping our politics. Over the years the church in America has become so biblically illiterate that we are often being m...
I love and am enlivened by intellectual stimulation, specifically in relation to the integration of theology and ethics. In many ways, I feel that I am hardwired for this stuff.
The other night my NieuCommu...
Several years ago, I read The DaVinci Code to see what all the fuss was about. It was nothing speciala fast-paced novel with interesting, if inaccurate, historical details woven inb...
There is a slight problem with most of us that really want to make a difference and help. We’ve got a lot of our own issues! It’s definitely a catch 22. Those that have felt a lot of pain tend to have empathy f...
One year ago this week, as the birds were hatching on our porch and the rose bush was in full bloom, our friend George was shot, just four blocks up the street. The bullet that hit his neck lodged in his C...
We had gathered, the faithful and the curious, 300 strong, for an old-fashioned tent revival meeting with a newfangled "consumption sabbath" twist.
The blue-robed gospel choir -- which had warmed up for the...