It is important for you to know that I did not travel to Mammoth Cave National Park to meet Stephen Bishop. I went for the same reason most visitors travel to Mammoth Cave. I was seeking a respite from my routine; I was seeking a respite from the pandemic. I wanted to be around some natural beauty that I had not encountered before. Mammoth Cave delivers on all those things. The Green River snakes its way through the park surrounded…
I said, “I do not know how to speak. I am too young!” But the Lord answered me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ To whomever I send you, you shall go; whatever I command you, you shall speak.” Jeremiah 1.6-7 In my last post, I wrote about the need for white folks to listen, to hold in some sense a long moment of silence, so that we could hear the voices we have dismissed. I still want to…
“Remember that we have two eyes and two ears, but only one mouth for a reason.” Traditional folk proverb The horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor and the events following are too raw and too real for any commentary grounded in reflection by a white man. These deaths call for the action we are seeing in the streets. Action that has been missing for far too long in this country. White people play a crucial role…