Can I Get a Witness?

Can I Get a Witness?

A friend and I decided to be radical risk takers, making our way to a movie theater to catch whatever film was showing next after we arrived. As luck would have it, we walked into a movie called “Devotion” – the true story of Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in...
Lincoln Lessons: The General Store

Lincoln Lessons: The General Store

Missy and I are living in Lincoln, Vermont, during the month of January. The United Church of Lincoln invited me to be their guest pulpit minister and live in their charming parsonage across the street from the New Haven River. Over the next several weeks, I will be...
Midnight Phone Calls and Maintaining Friendships

Midnight Phone Calls and Maintaining Friendships

My great-grandmother Grandmaw Martin used to say, “Nothing good happens after midnight.” As a young man, I lived the opposite of her statement. In the witching hours, I experienced some of my most pleasurable, fool-induced joys and a series of brushes with...
Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads

Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads

The holiday season can make us sentimental. It’s natural to long for a time when we roasted marshmallows, warmed by the light of a fireplace rather than the dumpster fire the world around us has become. After all, marshmallows roasted over hot garbage don’t taste the...