July and August 2023

Vincent Lloyd's 'Black Dignity' is is a profound challenge to anyone who takes seriously the struggle for human dignity, antiracism and the work of dismantling white supremacy.

I tell my familiars everything but need to scream my head off in a Bible cocoon

a golden halo around her black braids, and telepaths faith, faith, faith.

that primal howl of grief, guilt, anger, fear at the telegram: “Sylvia died today.”

I have learned more about the church than I could ever have imagined, and the synod process has come to seem even more urgent and fruitful.