The Sacred Resistance of Routine

The Sacred Resistance of Routine

The whirring of the coffee machine draws me toward the kitchen and away from slumber. My furry companion rings his bell. I hear his request and open the door, releasing him into his domain. I close it behind him and reach for the tiny cup filled to the brim with the...
Good News by the Dozen

Good News by the Dozen

The first round of eggs goes in the hands of a man who helped me move the chicken coop into place. Up a hill.  Smashing into low-hanging branches. Betwixt raised garden beds. A pilgrimage I hope to never make again. For his trouble, he received 12 boxes without...
Rejecting Jesus

Rejecting Jesus

The eurocentric Jesus has brought despair, disenfranchisement, and death to communities of color. For the sake of their own salvation, these communities must reject the genocidal Jesus who destroyed Indigenous peoples who refused to bow to the European white God; the...
Fast Food Life and the Hunger for Something Real

Fast Food Life and the Hunger for Something Real

I grew up under oak trees in Raleigh, North Carolina. They were my steady companions through every season of my childhood: green in the summer, red, orange, brown and yellow in the fall, bare and beautiful in winter. I watched them grow as I did. But inside our house,...