Black Grace — Part 2

But for Black people, what does the Incarnation of God look like as it confronts systems and ideologies designed not just to subjugate, but to...
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Dr. Hilgert’s Chess Table

This chess table, or the memory of it, became associated with other memories, dreams, fantasies, and concepts as time has passed. These accretions...
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Our Lady at the Well

In most sermons I have listened to, the woman at the well is usually introduced as a loser — five and a half husbands, no lady friends (women usually...
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Black Grace — Part 1

Grace in black is not a theory, but a lived experience. For many Christians, grace is simply a covering and a badge, but for oppressed people, grace...
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Three Prose Poems in Winter

How do you stop people like that? What do you count as success? And when do you decide that enough is enough? The jail break should have been a tip-...
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“I Was Hungry…”

After we arrived in Naikara, I quickly noticed the long line of people waiting to see the doctor or the dentist. Oh no, I thought, we won’t have...
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For Love’s Sake Set Us Free

The storming of the Capitol before the eyes of the world calls for lamentation. The lies that have been perpetuated about a stolen election call for...
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Memory and Fear and Great Joy

There is much about the year 2020 that I would like to forget, but the things I would like to forget have been the fears of many this past year. They...
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Love's Body, Love's Spirit

In the Advent season we live in expectation of change. We live in hope. We are pregnant with it. However else we may imagine God throughout the year...
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The King and the Tiny Frog

On the daily, I grew more and more attached to this tiny frog. It goes without saying that this year has been one of hurt and suffering for so many,...
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