slavery – Why Have We Fasted

A grey, cloth-bound book rests open atop a blue, cloth-bound book, which in turn rests upon a mahogany wood table. You can tell that it will smell of old books. The pages are aged and the top of the text fades into the background. The bottom two lines are decipherable: "Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen."

Posted on August 4, 2023August 1, 2023

Books of 2023 – Quarters One and Two

Books read in the first half of the year, including fiction, history, and self-help for young adults, among others.

Posted on January 13, 2023

Books of 2022 – Quarters Three and Four

Books read in the third and fourth quarters of 2022, with some thoughts on each. Include an enslaved woman’s memoir and young adult fiction, among others.

Wavy patterns of wet sand, from dark brown to light tan and shades between, left behind when the tide went out. A rusted anchor rests at the top left of the frame, is rope taut across the top of the picture.

Posted on July 29, 2022July 31, 2022

Getting Comfortable with Ambiguity

Musings on the nature and purpose of ambiguity in theology.

Leafy green vines trail over sun-warmed terra cotta tiles.

Posted on July 22, 2022July 25, 2022

Why Are We White-washing Slavery in the Bible? – Part 1

Examining the puzzling and problematic trend of painting slavery in the Bible as rosier than it actually was. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we look at the Scriptural and historical evidence.