Julian’s article in each “Messenger”
***this OpEd was originally written for “Sojourners” after I was asked to comment on Chicago’s violence and what I and the church were doing about it. Have you been to the studio yet? Read the original below in the link, and the text is underneath in case the site goes down*** http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/06/27/nursing-trauma-how-one-church-going-after-chicago’s-violence-epidemic Chicago: the only […]
Why can’t we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn’t work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos. -Charles M. Schulz The Peanuts […]
Black America may be ready to pull the plug on me after saying this, but it must be said: The JS Roundhouse Mid – aka “The Shackle Shoe” – is NOT an allusion to slavery. It only takes someone who was GROWN in the 80’s to think otherwise. A younger generation (those of us reaching […]
Click here to view a collection of opinions on the impact of President Obama’s most recent articulation of his view of same-sex marriage. It ranges from deeply Conservative to unabidingly Liberal, and even includes a few thoughts from your pastor 😉 You’ll see that the dialogue has “progressed” much in their comments, but we can […]
I don’t do well at the symphony. It’s not that I don’t like them (in fact, I love them), but they become a bit tedious for my over-active brain. The big thing is: I never know when to clap. You’ll have to remember I am a member of the hip hop generation; we are used […]
A few weeks ago, the internet became a public square hosting dialogue around the actions of one Joseph Kony. Kony is a military leader in Uganda – of the Lord’s Resistance Army – so I don’t have to tell you he also considers himself a righteous man. Kony has been active in Uganda since […]
Kanye West and Jay-Z are no doubt names you have heard, though I’d be shocked (and pleasantly surprised) if you came to me next Sunday reciting any of their lyrics. Their most recent collaborative project, Watch The Throne, is fun, unapologetically boastful, boisterous, and (my favorite) “provocative.” Take for example the lyrics to the opening […]
A lot of self-help books teach us that growth is the function of increasingly acquired skills, more relationships and expanded networks, sound investing and ways to create more streams of revenue, more degrees…that type of stuff. All great advice, and all operating under a similar basic assumption: Growth is about adding to what you already […]
“There must be always remaining in every man’s life some place for the singing of angels — some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and by an inherent prerogative, throwing all the rest of life into a new and creative relatedness — something that gathers up in itself all the freshets of […]
About a year ago I was freshly married, freshly crowned a “Master of All Things Divine” (that’s what we call the M.Div, to ward off depression), and about to start my first job. Yep, this small church in Hyde Park had called me to be their senior minister – a risk for all parties involved. […]
