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God’s Guidance and 5 Small Loaves
I sat on the carpet in their living room, with these friends in their home on the Navajo Nation, and shared my heart. Last September, I’d just come from the ACFW conference in Indianapolis and then stopped to visit friends in New Mexico and Arizona. While staying with Mark Charles and his […]
A Long Talk to Freedom: The Power of Conversation for Racial Reconciliation
Continuing the conversation from last week’s “Friendship as a Key to Racial Reconciliation.” A few months ago, I saw the Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom movie with my dad. What a powerful story of a courageous and hugely influential man. But one thing that struck me from the movie’s title was that Nelson […]
Friendship as a Key to Racial Reconciliation
Recently the racism in Donald Stirling’s alleged remarks has created a bit of a media uproar. For me, it’s been another reminder, as with Trayvon Martin, that while we’ve made progress, racial tensions are far from resolved in America. And it’s gotten me thinking. If Mr. Stirling did indeed make these remarks, I can’t help […]
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them: The Little Blonde Girl at the Pow Wow
We heard the announcement over the microphone as we arrived at the circle of booths and pulsing drums: “Where is the little blonde girl who was dancing? We want to honor her with a special dance.” Little blonde girl? Not exactly what you’d expect to hear at a Native American pow wow. The announcement repeated […]
Black History, American History
My last semester of college, one of my apartment-mates invited me and another of our roommates to a special meeting of our campus Black Student Association, of which she was a member. An African-American English professor was leading a special program, and since our other roommate and I were English majors, she thought we might […]
When I Can’t
When I can’t…make hurting children cooperate. This week when I helped during after school time at the transitional housing home, I had to have a supervisor’s help with both kids I was paired with. I didn’t seem to be able to get their attention, keep them on track, or maintain control. I tried to keep […]
Nelson Mandela and the Ministry of Reconciliation
South Africa The Good News / www.sagoodnews.co.za I watched this video of Nelson Mandela’s memorial service this morning. It made me choke up. I’ve been realizing how very little I knew about this man before these past few days, except that he was a great South African president, imprisoned unfairly for many years, and hugely […]
On Columbus Day
Hello, friends.I’m generally only going to be posting on Tuesdays now as a regular thing. But today, I wanted to just re-share a couple of posts from years back, both sharing a little bit different perspective on Columbus Day than many of us have.Some of you may have read and watched these in years past. […]
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Lori Benton, interviewed here a couple of weeks ago, first told me about the movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. We share a heart for Native peoples and their often untold history, so I knew it would be a worthwhile watch, though I didn’t expect an easy one. I also wanted to see another […]