A small southern town and her monument
**This article is a work in progress and will continue to be updated as a repository of this story about the monument. I do not plan to continually publish articles on this subject but to add to this single article as more information is made available to me. (First published 6/25/20; last updated 7/3/20)** A […]
The violence of alienation
“A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.” -Proverbs 18:2- “We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass” -“The Hollow Men,” T.S. Eliot- […]
If we are what we eat, perhaps we should change our diet.
It may be argued there is something in the water we are all drinking, and perhaps something also in the food we are eating. Something is different. This year has unleashed changes that may prove to be revolutionary. A pandemic continues to plague the world, and in the United States, thousands have taken to the […]
Should we topple the white Jesus?
As an Artist, Arts & Religion Scholar, Christian, and Hispanic who has been vocal about racial issues, I immediately started receiving messages and comments from friends about Shaun King‘s recently tweeted argument that statues of white Jesus should be removed. Mr. King’s contention is that they are icons of white supremacy. I both agree and […]
Why I’m Not Tempted to Apostate
I hope this title is appreciated, and that the article is appreciated at least half as much as the title. I enjoy approaching serious subjects with a casual, Kermit the Frog tea sip before I get serious. We are all naturally inclined to think that the proof is in the pudding. As Occam’s Razor interprets […]
Repenting of corporate sin rather than embracing Pathological Individualism
Last night, 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 thought a lot about over the last few years. We, in the United States, tend to interpret everything in […]
The problem with racism today is people don’t know they are racist.
When many people think of racism, all they think about are things like slavery, lynchings, and Jim Crow. We think about things like in the sign above where people are intentionally equating Blacks and Mexicans with dogs. This sort of overt personal race-based bigotry is particularly repugnant. Most people today find this sort of overt […]
They Both Prayed to the Same God: Faith and the American Civil War
“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 wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. […]
A song for the poor
My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden: For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them […]
White America… take responsibility and repent.
Last week was a hard week for our nation. I haven’t sat watching the news fighting tears swelling in my eyes since Hurricane Katrina. But, in that case, my tears were over a natural tragedy. These tears are over the tragedy of human brokenness. This weekend, it was heart-wrenching to watch protests turn into riots. […]