Deacons and daddies. Caregivers and aunties Shopping for a carton of milk, a birthday cake, a cartful of groceries. Shot down, killed. By a man who just emerged into adulthood. With a manifesto of hate, the longest paper he’s ever written. By a man who …
The Social community is the next section of the United Methodist Social Principles. This section includes the rights of racial and ethnic groups, religious minorities, children, young people, the aging, women, men, immigrants, people with disabilities, and sexual orientation. This section also include principles about …
My response to Southwest Airlines was published on The Salt Collective this morning. I was really disappointed in Southwest Airline’s response. You can read my initial open letter to their CEO and VP of Diversity & Inclusion here.
One of Southwest’s mottos is “Heart Sets Us Apart.” Yet they did not respond with heart on my flight, and they did not respond with heart in their response to my letter.
At the church we visited this week Pastor Donna shared about the persistent widow, bothering the unjust judge so much that he was ashamed and gave her justice. May we all be persistent in our prayer and protest. We will continue in prayer and protest until we reap a harvest of justice. Amen.
I posted this article from the Huffington Post on my facebook wall the other day. A church in Kentucky has voted to say that everyone is welcome to come to their church, but interracial couples cannot become members. One thing that jumped out at me …
A family friend posted one of these posters on Facebook this morning and it piqued my interest. I did a quick search and found that they came from a student group at Ohio University. STARS (Students Teaching Against Racism) I picked up the pictures from …