A Place at the Beach

A Place at the Beach

Every preacher should be so lucky as to get in the rotation for guest ministers at a non-denominational beach chapel. Holden Beach Chapel is my happy spot, a beautiful chapel on a barrier island on North Carolina’s southern coast. Once each year, usually in April, I...
Liberation Requires Direct, Communal Action

Liberation Requires Direct, Communal Action

A Black woman has saved us once again. The moratorium on evictions in the U.S. expired at midnight on July 31, and Congress had no plans to resolve the issue before their six-week break. While life post-vaccine has returned to a sort of normal, the pandemic is not...
US Homelessness Continues Inching Upward

US Homelessness Continues Inching Upward

More than half a million people in the U.S. were homeless in early January 2020, according to a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report published last month. The 580,466 people counted during HUD’s annual point-in-time assessment is a 2.2% (12,751-person) rise...