Reader, Structure Of Belonging, Wilderness: Sharing and Reorientation Lost Cause, Lost Opportunity History books are filled with narrow misses. Such was the case in North Carolina, when one white farmer with huge political power missed the opportunity to join a multi-racial movement…
Possibly: Freedom for A New Story, Reader, Structure Of Belonging, Wilderness: Sharing and Reorientation The Work of the People The religious word “liturgy” means, in its root sense, “the work of the people.” Contra the idea that liturgies are practiced by priests in robes uttering ancient rites, the term…
Invitation, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Nightmares Released, Dreams Held To live with consciousness is to always know ourselves poised between dreams and nightmares. In this reflection, Josina Guess joins one ancestor, Langston Hughes, and one future ancestor, her daughter,…
Possibly: Freedom for A New Story, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Steve McQueen’s Ethos of Generosity Steve McQueen says that he makes films about rituals. The rituals are ones of everyday people, doing the things that comprise daily life. Through his eyes, daily life captures both…
Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Stalling ‘Til Another Sleep… “Were we ever one tribe?” the poet Jacob Melvin asks. This question of lament gets at the reckoning upon communities around the country right now. It calls for telling stories…