I read an article titled, “Why I stopped talking about racial reconciliation and started talking about white supremacy .” This article talks a bit about the pathological individualism of white theology. This is something I have …
When many people think of racism, they think about things like slavery, lynchings, and Jim Crow. We think about things like in the sign below, where people are intentionally equating Blacks and Mexicans with dogs. …
I’ve spent much of my life thinking about faith, belief, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world. Growing up in a religious tradition that prized certainty above all else, I …
I call it correction fatigue. It appears in all seasons, but especially during this time of final exams and papers. Correction fatigue strikes when you are in the middle of grading students’ papers and you …
The Birth of a Painting A painting is born with the cast of a vision, a stroke on a substrate, and many considerations that play before the artist’s eyes. A painting may seem like an …
“Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in …
The girth of our gratitude is proportionate to the depth of our perspective. This truth was once again made apparent as I visited with my 87-year-old mother prior to this year’s Thanksgiving holiday. It has …
Recently, I had the opportunity to lead a Bible study with a group of college students on Indigenous Peoples Day. That day seemed to be an excellent day to study Joshua 6 – the taking …
Is the Speaker of the House the next Moses? It’s a silly question, I know, but some teachers in Louisiana may be involuntarily pushing exactly that message soon. Louisiana is currently in the process of …
The following is a talk that my departed grandmother invited me to give for her Sunday School class at First United Methodist Shreveport which, due to some confusion, was given in its entirety to the …
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