Posts Tagged ‘bullying’

Table Grace

Editor’s note: We normally run shorter pieces under our blog, but this story is so powerful we chose to feature it. Written by Doug Worgul, this was originally posted on www.aliciabessette.com. Doug is the author of Thin Blue Smoke. Levi is the coolest kid in the fifth grade. So my daughter,...

October 31st, 2012 | Featured | Read More

The Church and the New Civil Rights Movement (Ode to Dick Brogan)

Richard “Dick” Brogan was a personal friend, and he was one of my heroes. Dick was a white Mississippi Baptist minister who worked tirelessly to build relationships between whites and blacks during segregation and even up until he passed away last year. Not so long ago, Dick was followed, harassed,...

May 14th, 2012 | Blog, Columns, Democracy, Essays, Family | Read More

Art & Faith: Spare the Son

In the last piece “Whose Banner?“, I challenged us to name our loyalties and reveal our hypocrisies. This piece takes us one step further. Not only do we need to consider for whom we do battle but a deeper question must also be raised, “Why fight?” The philosophical-religious...

July 19th, 2011 | Arts, Visual Arts | Read More