Hamba Kahle, Tata Madiba
And the tears flow. It is grief. Chris says: “Many across the world will mark the trajectory of their life-stories by the …
“Are You Walkin’ with Us?”
November is Black Catholic History month. While teaching a new course on “The Black Catholic Experience” this semester, the one thing that’s …
Grassroots Remembering and Narrative Building in El Salvador
When Jean-François Lyotard wrote The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, he indicated that a primary distinguishing characteristic of postmodernity has been …
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 …
A Dream of Life: Remembering 9/11
The image that leads this post I created some eleven years ago in conjunction with a self-produced CD of original songs that …
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 …
Hope Rides a Bicycle: Adrien Niyonshuti and Uncle Rob
While American professional cycling was losing its soul in the lure of money and performance enhancing drugs, Rwandan cyclist Adrien Niyonshuti kept …
Mandela: “It is Music and Dancing that Makes Me at Peace with the World”
In this tribute to the spirit of a nation rising courageously, if still painfully, from its knees, South African rocker Johnny …
A Requiem for Empathy?
I don’t think we’ll see a great many people celebrating in the streets over the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman. …
“Like Jacob Wrestling with God”
Since Hope Sings was published, I’ve been privileged to correspond with Mr. Randy Gamble, a veteran of civil rights work and racial …
