Dreaming of Jesus
One of my most enduring wishes is to dream about Jesus. Indeed I have often wondered why, on the eve of fifty …
Singing the Forgotten Mother Tongue
This semester I’m teaching a new course called “The Black Catholic Experience.” One of my students in the class, Jon, plays jazz …
Only Skin Deep?
The past Sunday’s reading from the Hebrew Bible recounts the story of Elisha, a Hebrew prophet from Samaria, and Naaman, a great …
Where Do We Go From Here?
It’s been several weeks since the Zimmerman verdict and I can’t escape the feeling that race discourse in America has gone nowhere …
American Skin: Hoping Against Hope
The words JUST-US scrawled across my computer screen and I immediately knew something was terribly wrong. The Facebook post had 20 likes …
Africa, Cradle of Humanity
I am an African. Born of her soil. Formed through her travail. Here in the cradle of all humanity. More particularly a …
