Every New Year, I try to reflect on the year past and look forward to the new one that is ahead. This year certainly feels different. There was an abundance of loss, uncertainty, anxiety, pain and confusion. But there was also an abundance of good things as well. People came together and love and light …
Remarks I was prepared to say at the vigil in Gastonia Sunday night: I can’t breathe, the last words of George Floyd and too many others who preceded him haunt my soul. I wish this were a typical vigil or memorial where we remember a specific tragedy and move forward after singing some songs and …
In the midst of a pandemic and a county/state/national emergency it is easy to sometimes feel overwhelmed. This crisis we face is not like any in recent memory in that it not only has a grave physical threat, but it poses a severe economic challenge for many. That does not even take into account the human …
