Jesus for President?
In the High School Sunday School class, we are spending part of the fall semester talking about the relationship between faith and politics. The hope is that we could create a space for the high school youth (and the teachers) to process and think critically about the politically charged atmosphere…
Beyond colorblindness
In the third edition of their classic book, Racial Formation in the United States, Michael Omi and Howard Winant characterize our present era as that of “colorblindness.” They trace it back to the early 1970’s as a response to the Civil Rights advances of the 60’s. As a racial…
Very Married
I’ve been invited to be on the launch team for the new Herald Press book Very Married: Field Notes on Love and Fidelity, by Katherine Willis Pershey. Being on the team basically involves getting a free pre-release copy of the book, reading it, writing a (honest) review, and spreading the…
Walking toward our biases
This Sunday for the sermon time I’ll be having an interview/dialogue with Malik Moore. I met Malik back in June at a Race and Justice event hosted by First Unitarian Universalist. We were both a part of a break out group discussing how faith communities might engage the issue. …
Babies and Grandmas
The other day I read this quote that got me thinking about our racial justice work: “If there aren’t babies and grandmas, it’s not my revolution.” I have heard from a couple of parents in the congregation that their children are beginning to pick up on the conversations we are…