by Starlette Thomas | Dec 4, 2024 | Feature-, News
Robert G. Callahan, II is the author of “Fire in the Whole: Embracing Our Righteous Anger with White Christianity and Reclaiming Our Wholeness.” In part two of our interview, we discuss the role of righteous anger, why it remains difficult to talk about race and what...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 5, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
“Go tell it on the mountain!” James Arthur Baldwin would have been 100 years old on August 2nd. A century later, he has no equal. Baldwin is the patron saint of children who are “too smart for their own good.” Old souls “who have been here before,” he spoke for all of...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 22, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
We need safer words. Last week, I said this to the conversation partners who gathered under a tent at the Wild Goose Festival to hear my rifts on somebodiness. Even the letters of the alphabet are considered dangerous. Even when abbreviated, they are considered...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 24, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
“This group also understood that there could not be White people without there being Black people.” Mark Doox’s satirical graphic novel, “The N-Word of God,” turns the racialized worldview on its head. The Columbus, Ohio native’s first book will leave readers...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 13, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: This is the third of a four-part interview with Dr. Greg Garrett, who will be a guest on the Good Faith Weekly podcast on Friday, March 15. The interview has been minimally edited for conciseness. (Part 1 can be found here and Part 2 here.) In part...