Witness for Justice

Those who know me, know I love using the phrase, “Let’s unpack that.” When a friend is...

On April 16, 1963, while sitting inside a jail cell after being arrested for protesting and...

“Black life is precious.”“Black Lives Matter” has this slight nuance when translated into...

As George Floyd lay dying, pinned to asphalt by police, he could be heard calling for his mother...

Many of us were looking forward to the new year because it was to usher in a fresh start and new...

As Christian churches prepare to celebrate the feast of Pentecost, unlike the disciples in Acts...

My father, Herbert Henry Griffith, grew up in rural Missouri and attended children’s Sunday...

Like others across the U.S. who have been struggling to make sense of the Covid-19 pandemic, I...

For decades, the United States has normalized the brutal and dehumanizing treatment of incarcerated...

This week, the world passed a grim threshold. Over 3 million cases of coronavirus have been...

When the pandemic started escalating in the U.S., I thought without thinking of it through the lens...

In the past few weeks, it has become apparent that the present moment necessitates a war on...

How do we live in an Easter world when it still feels like Lent?I’m writing this at the start of...

In just over two months, coronavirus has turned the world upside down, forcing us to accept many...

I was last in my office on March 13th, not only because the United Church of Christ national office...

Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate, why should we?We are living through a scary time. All our lives...

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.” So God created...

Forgiveness is a Christian value. It is often an aspiration for anyone following Jesus’...

Recently, I went on a civil rights tour with my colleagues to Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama....