Category: quote
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Wendell Berry on Parenthood
But I have thought, too, that the term of human judgment is longer than parenthood, that the upbringing we give our children is not just for their childhood but for all their lives. And it is sure the duty of the older generation to be embarrassingly old-fashioned, for the claims of the “newness” of any…
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“We came with visions…”
We came with visions, but not with sight. In his essay, “The Native Grasses and What they Mean,” Wendell Berry reflects on how the American forests and prairies were remade for the settlers’ purposes.
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Christ’s “mulatto” flesh
In short, Christ’s flesh as Jewish, covenantal flesh is a social-political reality displayed across time and space into which the Gentiles are received in praise of the God of Israel. Given this, we must say that Christ’s flesh in its Jewish constitution is “mulatto” flesh. That is to say, in being Jewish flesh it is…
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Shirley Sherrod: An Experiment in Truth
Update: I originally posted this quote by Charles Sherrod in March. Now that his wife, Shirley, has been in the news for the way she was so grossly misrepresented, it seems appropriate to post it again. Given Shirley Sherrod’s recent experience I think it’s safe to say that the beautiful “experiment in truth to find…
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should there be a black history month?
We’re halfway into Black History Month and some are wondering how helpful this designation is. Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal Constitution doesn’t mince words, It’s not merely that a short month set aside to commemorate black achievement is a curious and old-fashioned appendage, like rabbit ears on a TV or a rotary dial on…
David W. Swanson 