I'm going to be straight up with you and say I often feel the exact same hopelessness Ta-Nehisi has expressed throughout this book, and which so many of you have raised concerns about. There are moments that I want to throw my hands in the air and say, "I surrender." Today, my husband and I …
Forward: Between the World and Me, Part One, cont’d.
Thanks so much for the conversation last week, everyone. If you're following along and have something you'd like to contribute to the conversation — a question, a viewpoint, an idea — but you're not feeling comfortable about sharing it, please hang in there with us. You are welcome here. I've …
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Forward: Between the World and Me | Part One
Never before have I wanted so badly to sit at a table with my readers and talk face-to-face. This book! I'm hoping I can do it justice in this space. I decided, the best thing to do is to share my reaction with you as a jumping off point for our conversations. Please don't feel as if you have to …
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The What to Do Issue
This post first ran in August of 2015. In doing a bit of research for the book I'm currently working on (pray for me, chant something, cross your fingers), I found this post and thought it would be good to share it again, for those who may have missed it the first time around. While its main focus …
The Sacred Work of an Honest Apology
On June 26, 2015, George Robertson, senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia, wrote an essay entitled, “We, and Our Fathers, Have Sinned.” The article was reprinted on August 3, 2015, at the Gospel Coalition. Here’s an excerpt: As white members and leaders of evangelical …