When to Wash Our Faces and Shake Our Shoes

When to Wash Our Faces and Shake Our Shoes

There are always things to learn if we are curious enough. The late storytelling songwriter Tom T. Hall got me to digging after contemplating some of his words that flowed from the radio: “Bathed my soul in the sun; washed my face in the morning dew; and kept on...
The Feeling Is Still on My Cheek

The Feeling Is Still on My Cheek

It was 83 years ago this Easter, April 19, that Marian Anderson gave her memorable concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Wearing her fur coat on a cool, damp and drizzly afternoon, she began to sing: “My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee, I sing.” Six...
The Words Unsaid

The Words Unsaid

The day after the 2016 election I attended a prayer meeting via phone conference call. We gathered for the purpose of naming both our grief and some semblance of hope that we could see in the uncertainty of the next four years. Each pastor on the call took turns...