Mother to Son: Letter to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope
It’s no accident that you are black. You were made black on purpose.
It’s Complicated: A Different Liturgy for Mother’s Day
You don't need me to tell you that Mother's Day is complicated for many. A two-second pause to contemplate the people in your life for whom the holiday might be painful would yield evidence enough that the day ...
Parenting As Activism
My greatest contribution was probably the picture of me, leaning over my little child to speak into the microphone, with the legislator who had proposed the bill scowling off to the side.
I had been standing...
God, Our Parent, Would Never Treat Children Like This
A Father or Mother God would never endorse ripping apart parents and children to make a political point or even to deter immigration.
Breastfeeding God
Mary was Jesus' whole world. Although his life would be guided by faith that we do not live by human food alone, the scramble to mother for first food is innate.