Lenten Liturgy
This post is unique; it is different than anything else on this website. Thus far, all of my posts have been blogs. This post, however, is a Lenten liturgy. I crafted this liturgy as an offering to...
View ArticleIda B. Wells: Poetic Justice
Ida B. Wells is the most unsung freedom fighter in U.S. history. Her pursuit of justice spurred the Great Migration, halted the barbarous—nationwide–epidemic of lynching, and helped birth the NAACP....
View ArticleTrue Love
Hesed is a beautiful Hebrew word that describes God’s unrelenting love for us. It’s a love that runs so deep that nothing we can do, say, or think could extinguish it. This love is so pure and...
View ArticleOur Greatest Temptation
Romans 8:12-17 (NRSV) 12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit...
View ArticleGuarantor of Hope
Romans 8:18-25 (NRSV) 18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the...
View ArticleThe Cross in the Roman Empire
I want to suggest a new spiritual practice—one that will be uncomfortable for many people. I want to implore the Church to reframe its understanding of the cross. While the cross (and resurrection)...
View ArticleUnexpected Encounters
Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it! Genesis 28:16 Have you ever encountered God somewhere unexpected? Witnessed or experienced God’s...
View ArticleKing’s Radical Love
In this watershed moment, we must heed the countercultural wisdom of Dr. King! We need to cling to his wisdom & sit at his feet. However, in the midst of doing this, we must also renounce the ways...
View ArticleJames Baldwin’s Provocative Truth
The muting of the prophetic is disconcerting. This weekend I saw the new documentary I am Not Your Negro, and I am equally distraught and disillusioned that James Baldwin’s wisdom was not a primary...
View ArticleRethinking Incarceration
Hey everyone, I know it’s been forever since you’ve heard from me here! But there is a good reason why! I’ve been hard at work on my first book, Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that...
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