Because I am white and privileged, I am uncomfortable writing this piece. However, I would be far more uncomfortable not writing it. As we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day I was drawn back to his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” written in 1963. King closes the letter with: “Let us all hope that the […]
I recently read Judy Cannato’s comment: “Indeed, we live in a culture that flaunts the phony and thrives on glittering fabrication.” As the holidays approach this comment certainly has application in our daily lives. How many Nativity scenes do you see when you are out and about? What headlines remind us of the source of […]