Brown Recluse
Today I want to amplify the voice of someone I respect and love. Thank you, Derrick, for your honesty about … Continue reading Brown Recluse
Credibility Gap
A Sermon preached on September 25, 2016 Based on James 2:14-18, The Belhar Confession and The Letter from a Birmingham … Continue reading Credibility Gap
The speech I wish I had heard
(With gratitude for Martin Luther King, Jr., Odetta and the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures for their inspired and inspiring words.) … Continue reading The speech I wish I had heard
Carrying the Paralyzed Man
A sermon preached on Matthew 9:1-8 at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland on July 10, 2016 And after getting into … Continue reading Carrying the Paralyzed Man
This Day
What does it mean to be a citizen? What does it mean to be a productive participant in our society? There is a checklist and unfortunately, the items on that list have typically been determined by people with privilege – the privilege of whiteness, the privilege of maleness, the privilege of heteronormative lifestyle, the privilege of economic power. Continue reading This Day
What To Do About Twitter Follows: A Decision Tree
My pal David (@rev_david) asked “Sometimes you have to clean up your feed. What criteria do you use when unfollowing … Continue reading What To Do About Twitter Follows: A Decision Tree
Practicing Hope
…the promise of resurrection seemed like pie in the sky by and by. It was a dream deferred, a thing with feathers that has flown off to perch somewhere else. Continue reading Practicing Hope
