There really are just a few weeks between today and May 1, when we gather together for JumpingTandem: The Retreat. Oh my goodness! Have you registered? Will you be there? Here? Last week, I took a drive up to the retreat center to meet with Dana and Brent, two of the most gracious people you will …
Blind Spots
OK, so. Selma. So far, I've seen it twice. I will probably see it again, at least once. Between the first viewing and the second viewing, the offices of Charlie Hebdo were attacked in France. Also, between my first and second viewings of Selma, the NAACP offices in Colorado Springs were bombed …
Selma. But First, Context.
Context is important. Sometimes, you get dropped into a person's story, and you're not exactly sure how you got there. Or, for that matter, how they got there. So, let me tell you first that I was born in 1964, the same year the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. My first memories are of life in …
Sexy
In a new house, in the dark, it takes a while to be able to navigate from one room or floor or piece of furniture to the next. I forgot that. I thought I could make my way from the hallway upstairs and down to the first floor with just a hazy glow of not-quite-pitch-black-darkness in the stairwell. …
Because I Don’t Want to Write a Stupid Book
I don't even know what a stupid book would look like, but I'm telling you right here and now, the idea of writing or having written a stupid book is the thing that's keeping me up at night these days. Nights. Well. I don't really have trouble sleeping. I've always been good at sleeping. But, I do …
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On My Mind
This really could go either way, right? So let me start out right here, and let you know I'm not going to talk about Ferguson. Not here. I don't even know if I'll be talking about race and the Church anymore in this space at all. Social media is an arena, complete with gladiators and thumbs ups …