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Call out racism
I am all too guilty of reposting MLK quotes on MLK Day. We are far too quick to give empty platitudes to a man we’d ridicule today as a felon because he spent so much time in jail.
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We are not healed
There has been a lot of analysis… and a lot of “what did you expect”… and a lot of “how could this happen”… since January 6.
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Howard Thurman: Jesus and the Disinherited
My next book is a re-read from earlier this year: Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman. It is part of the Renovare Book Club and so I am working my way back through the book. A PBS documentary on the life of Howard Thurman: https://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/3019930578/
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The moments we should have… and feel GOOD about
In 2008, I will easily confess I did not vote for Barack Obama. Yet, when he was elected, there was something that settled well in my spirit. Not about policy, but about symbols. It didn’t solve anything deep… but WOW! We had finally elected a black man to be president. In that moment, I truly felt gratitude. In the moment.
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After the election…
Early on November 4… no definitive results and key states still have votes to be counted. Regardless…
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On election day…
It’s a nervous day. I’m a political junkie. From the time the first polls close, I’m pretty much glued to the TV. This will be a night I need to go to bed at a normal hour because I don’t think this is going to be called tonight, especially with nearly 100 million ballots being cast early. Regardless…
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The terror of silence
“Evil asks little of the dominant caste other than to sit back and do nothing. All that it needs from bystanders is their silent complicity in the evil committed on their behalf, though a caste system will protect, and perhaps even reward, those who deign to join in the terror.” — Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Tag: Justice
