Instead of a sermon, here is a reflection & prayer around #Charlottesville. It is slightly modified from an upcoming advent devotional. But it is too timely to wait.

(Written May 2017)

What could ‘Stand Your Ground’ mean, to a resistor? When I think of the recent scandal at my seminary, my initial reaction is that we, the seminary community, must ‘stand our…

This week in class we are reading The Trial of God by Elie Wiesel. It is a book that I read in high school. Overall, Elie Wiesel has profoundly influenced my theology, bringing in at least one major paradigm shift. Because I am not sure that my class will want to engage in the…

As my course returns to Nobody Cries When We Die, I find myself again coming to the same lyrics I considered the first time: “Don’t know if I can open up / I’ve been opened enough / Don’t know if I can open up / I’m not a…

Theologian Beverly Mitchell takes up the heavy task researching both black slavery in the United States…