Some of the reactions and comments that I saw from white people on Juneteenth were predictable, and yet still depressing and angering. Some wondered why this was scheduled the same day as Father’s Day: “Why couldn’t this be another day instead?” Others called it a “made up holiday,” as if this was a brand newContinue reading “History Was Accessible”
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Happily Ever Again
A few years ago my daughter was telling a story that she either was trying to read or that she was making up herself. It easily could have been both, I suppose: perhaps she was turning the pages of a book and making up her own version of what she saw and the words sheContinue reading “Happily Ever Again”
A Prayer at the Crossroads
based on Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Faithful God, what comes next? Here we stand, our backpack filled with questions. We could bring them out one by one or dump them in the dust under the stoplight, where they’ll be intermittently lit by a lone blinking red bulb. They’ll be questions related to health, or relationships, orContinue reading “A Prayer at the Crossroads”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 