A Last Appeal to Trump Voters

November 4, 2024.Reading time 16 minutes.

“If not for thirty years of God’s grace, the forgiveness of friends, and a near constant repentance for my sins, I could be a Trump voter.
I think about this a lot. I think about the White men who will be voting for Trump, and everyone else in his “post-Republican Party coalition.” I’d like to speak to them one final time before this election…”

The Folkerths and Haitians of Central Ohio

September 23, 2024.Reading time 19 minutes.

I have been watching with some interest, the story of Haitian immigrants, in the little town of Springfield, OH.

Springfield is about as far Northeast of Dayton as Greenville (where the Folkerths are from) is Northwest.

So I have thoughts…

White Men and Yearbooks

February 11, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

The following is a list of pictures of me in my High School and College yearbooks from the 1980s, excluding the standard yearly posed picture… — Picture of me at a Young Life meeting… — Picture of me at Key Club formal, with the other officers, in a dapper all-white tux… — Picture of me […]

My Speech at the Anti-White Supremacy Rally

August 26, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Many thanks to our good friends at First Unitarian, for posting this video of my speech at the “Anti-White Supremacy” rally in Dallas. What a great night it was. As I say in the speech, standing around and below me were almost twenty United Methodist clergy colleagues who stood in solidarity with us that night. […]

Why We Should Take Down Dallas’ Confederate Monuments

July 27, 2017.Reading time 12 minutes.

I should say that we have Confederate soldiers in my own family tree. I certainly do not feel pride in this, but neither do I feel shame. I feel neutral about it, frankly. It was what it was. They were who they were. And, thank God, our morality is not wed to our DNA. The […]

When Citizens Become the Nail

August 14, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

Ferguson is a mess. If journalists can be arrested for no reason whatsoever, (hauled out of a McDonald’s, with their press credentials clearly visible) just imagine how average citizens of Ferguson are being treated. Mistrust is at the heart of all that is happening there. Police are unwilling to answer even the most basic questions […]