This year I want to think beyond โAmerican Thanksgivingโ and its usual traditions. I want to share with you my commitment to understanding, learning from, and supporting Indigenous Peoples. Many of them are seeking to care for and โreclaim stewardship…
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Contemplative prayer This weekend I shared the “Contemplative Prayer” video with some of my new chaplain friends who serve hospitals and prisons in Cuba. I was glad to share this video in particular because it has new Spanish closed captioning.…
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Counting the Costs of “Independence Day” If one of you wanted to build a tower, wouldnโt you first sit down and calculate the cost, to determine whether you have enough money to complete it? (Luke 14:26, CEB) If we want…
Read More#AdventVigilย In late November, I started planning some posts and op-eds to participate in awakening other white friends, family and followers to reflect on Advent After #Ferguson. That was before the failure to bring an indictment in the #EricGarner case.…
Read MoreMe and My Shadow: Fans of the Rat Pack and their 1960s version of โMe and My Shadowโ still argue about whether the friendship of the Hollywood stars was a resistance to racism or recapitulation of it.
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