Win Free Books!

My friend, Literary Publicist Stephanie Barko, is kicking off her new web site with a daily book giveaway! It begins TODAY and runs through September 19. One year ago at this time Stephanie helped me to embark upon a Virtual Book Tour. Over the course of six weeks I...

Are We Born Racist?

Much of the research I’ve done (and classes I’ve taken through the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University over the past few years) to help me understand the history, legacy, and present-day impact of slavery and racism has led...

Five Minutes of Heaven

Every time I’m tempted to believe I’ve encountered a model of healing that will work for people who have been seriously damaged by oppression I”m slapped upside the head by a reminder of just how difficult healing is. In Ireland during the 1970’s,...

Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

When I was a child in the early 1960’s I received a polio vaccine, as did my sister and most everyone I knew. What I did not know until recently is that the person we have to thank for this gift of the virtual eradication of a horrible disease is a black woman from...