In 1973, Cliff Robertson starred in an ABC Movie of the Week production of Edward Everett Hale’s story, “The Man Without a Country.” In it, an American… Read more “Without a Country. Why isn’t this obvious?”
Category: Memoir
White People, What Are We Thinking?
It’s time for white people to check our thinking. Right now. What are we thinking? I don’t mean, as in, What are we THINKING?? No, I mean,… Read more “White People, What Are We Thinking?”
Just Keep Swimming: Pandemic Edition
This is my first blog post since everything has changed. Everything. So where to start? To begin with, today I am not going to talk about the… Read more “Just Keep Swimming: Pandemic Edition”
My Sugar Addiction, Day 1
I am gaining my weight back. Again. Like just about every person who has ever battled their weight, I have tried every diet plan imaginable. I’ve taken… Read more “My Sugar Addiction, Day 1”
“White Savior Barbie,” Not me!
I really love my seminary, the McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University. Faculty and staff there are committed to issues of justice and spiritual growth. It is… Read more ““White Savior Barbie,” Not me!”
My White Privilege: An Unexpected But Unsurprising Glimpse
This week I had to check my whiteness two times, first at the ONA Coalition National Gathering and then at the UCC General Synod. The lesson was… Read more “My White Privilege: An Unexpected But Unsurprising Glimpse”
Race, Religion, and the Lost Cause: Observation from the National ONA Gathering
Today is June 19th, Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when news of Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier finally reached enslaved persons in Texas.… Read more “Race, Religion, and the Lost Cause: Observation from the National ONA Gathering”
A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida
Like all GoT fans, Sarah and I had been awaiting Season 8 for two years. For the last month, we’ve been organizing our weeks around Sunday nights… Read more “A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida”
Season of Lilacs: Memoir For My Mother
Down home, where they know you by name and treat you like family, Down home, where a man’s good word and a handshake are all you need.… Read more “Season of Lilacs: Memoir For My Mother”
Just Keep Swimming 