For many Black folks that I have encountered on my travels with the quilts, the term “ally” is met with suspicion.
Sermons
Go to Galilee

On this Easter morning, our sins – the grave burdens that lean on us today – are calling us to go meet Jesus in Galilee.
This is not magical thinking.
What We Call Love

The voice on the other end got right to the point:
“We need you down here in the ER right away,” she said.
A Somber Anniversary

Ghengis Khan, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Boneparte, Adolf Hitler…
And now Vladimir Putin…
St. Paul of the Blackout

We are all stumbling about, and occasionally – occasionally we have moments of blessed clarity.
For Tyre

On Saturday in the early afternoon, I take a deep breath, and google “Tyre Nichols video.”
If I intend to preach about Mister Nichols, I better watch it.
Civilization and Violence

This is more than just a happy moment.
This is civilization!
This is the vision that Dr. King sought.




