Vision on the Brink of Death: MLK and the Birthing of Prophetic Communities
Author’s Note: This post is adapted from material in a forthcoming book, copyright 2018, Christopher Pramuk. Please do not reproduce without permission …
Swords into Plowshares: Daring to Speak the Impossible
Hope must be told, in image, in figure, in poem, in vision. It must be told sideways, told as one who dwells …
Sanctuary: Or How I Shook My Post-Election Blues in New York City
“Sanctuary”: Middle English, derived from Old French sanctuaire, from Latin sanctuarium, from sanctus, or “holy.” a. the inmost recess or holiest part …
The Fierce Urgency of Now
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King stood at the National Cathedral in DC, and retold Washington Irving’s story of Rip van Winkle. …
Courage to Follow
Editor’s Note: I write today from New Haven, CT, where I spoke last evening at St Thomas More Chapel, the Catholic community …
Like Lightning from Heaven
“In our world today there are some prophets like John the baptizer, who are spectacular. They prepare our hearts to see Jesus. …
Coming of Age in America? The Dream Fifty Years Later*
While the blogosphere has been lit up with discussion of Miley Cyrus’s and Robin Thicke’s Video Music Awards spectacle – a sad …
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 …
Whistle Blowers Blowin’ in the Wind
How many roads must a man walk down / Before you call him a man? Yes how many times must the cannon …
