An AI Jeremiad
“Now did the Lord say that machines ought to take the place of livin’? And what’s a substitute for bread and beans?”—Johnny Cash, The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer Dr. Imani Perry—brilliant author, professor— recently came to Buffalo to discuss her most recent book Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My […]
MLK Day, Renee Good & Migration
“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.1 Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice […]
It’s a New Year. Time to Repent?
“From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”—Matthew 4:17 (N.R.S.V.) “How you gon’ win if you ain’t right within? Uh uh, come again.”—Lauryn Hill, Doo Wop (That Thing) A Short Introduction Generally speaking, I struggle with the idea of repentance. It brings to mind people on street […]
For the Brokenhearted
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest? [Jesus] said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On […]
Untitled Fable or The Story of What Happened to the Rich Man- Part 1
I self-published this fable in Dec. 2021. By self-published I mean I used cardstock paper, a hole- puncher, and some ribbon to gift a copy to a few friends and family. Aside from correcting a few grammatical errors and one additional quote (Mark 10), the text is as originally written. To keep the posts short […]