Hello, dear readers! I wanted to let you know that I’m moving my “center of operations” to Substack and will be sending out a biweekly newsletter through that service to subscribers. I realize this announcement will be a duplicate for… Read More ›
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Explanation For What Happened in ERCOT
The following explanation was published to Facebook yesterday by Janie Mitcham, former Sr. VP ERCOT Supply at Reliant Energy. It is the clearest explanation by an industry expert that I have come across for that happened to the power grid… Read More ›
The Unseen Burdens of Mary, Mother of Jesus
Last year around this time, I found myself thinking a lot about the way Mary carried not only Jesus the Messiah but the often unrecognized weight of womanhood in a world that was hostile to it — and is still,… Read More ›
The Long Game Podcast with Jon Ward
I had a great conversation with Jon Ward (Yahoo! News) recently about how I came to the work of writing about race, faith, and justice after a career in medicine. We talked about our polarized times, the importance of nuance,… Read More ›
Statement Re: My August 31st Post About Renovation Church
Dear Readers, I am not on Facebook, but it has come to my attention that there are anonymous accounts on both Instagram and Twitter that go by the name Renovation Survivors. While the person or persons who run these accounts… Read More ›
My Story of Spiritual Abuse at Renovation Church in Atlanta
“In abusive spiritual systems, power is postured and authority is legislated. Therefore, these systems are preoccupied with the performance of their members.” – David Johnson & Jeff Van Vonderen, The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse Introduction It’s difficult to write about… Read More ›
Becoming Just Disciples in an Unjust World
Note: This is a dynamic document. A little over a month ago, a church in Dallas asked me to help them develop a discipleship plan that would foster growth in their congregation in the area of racial justice. The church… Read More ›
Race: What Is It?
God created human diversity, but it is humans who created race and narratives of racial difference/hierarchy. Perhaps nothing illustrates the point more clearly than the fact that “All human beings are 99.9 percent identical in their genetic makeup.” Remarkably, God has designed… Read More ›
Taking Action on Behalf of George Floyd
As many of you are aware, a 46-year-old black man named George Floyd died on Monday, May 25th, after Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin held Mr. Floyd face-down and pressed his knee to the back of his neck for eight… Read More ›
Someday Is Here Podcast: Episode 21
Weeks before the tiny little virus known as SARS-CoV2 changed life as we knew it, I joined host Vivian Mabuni on the Someday is Here Podcast for a conversation about the stages of my ethnic journey, from childhood to young… Read More ›
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