Selected Writings

Popular Culture

·        Two Reasons the Tupac Movie Is Relevant to Black Lives Mattering  — Huffington Post

·        Reflecting on Love Jones 20 Years Later — Huffington Post

·        Iconic Creator of America’s Best Burger, Ann Price, Dies at 72 — Huffington Post

·        Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith Should Say They Were Wrong About Gregg Popovich — Huffington Post

Politics and Community Change

·        You Can’t Hand Out Water in Georgia Voting Lines Anymore. What Does That Say About Us? --- Zocala Public Square

·        Why Ossoff Lost: The View from a Georgia 6th District Voter — Huffington Post

Black Leadership

·        Cornel West 25 Years After Race Matter: Less Celebrated, Still Courageous — Huffington Post

·        Tavis Smiley and Black America: A Tale of Two Jilted Lovers — Huffington Post

Faith and Justice

·        Celebrating Women of Faith in the Fight for Racial Justice --- Aspen Institute

·        A New Agenda for Black Religion and Black Resistance --- Aspen Institute

·        Pentecost Casts a Vision of Redeemed Humanity. Why Can’t We Follow It? --- Sojourners

·        The Rise of the New White Church --- MikeMorrell

·        Why Jesus Wouldn’t Be A Democrat or Republican --- Sojourners

·        Jesus, Justice-Fatigue, and Why Being Black Is Exhausting — Huffington Post

·        Jesus, Poor People and the Underside of Thanksgiving — Huffington Post

·        Jesus, Poor Veterans, and the Grass that Suffers — Huffington Post

·        African American Churches and the Neglected Public Minister — Huffington Post

·        Disingenuous Evangelicals and Progressive Christian Case for Reparations — Huffington Post

Church and Ministry

·        Reflections on the Complicated Legacy of Bishop Eddie Long — Huffington Post

·        Preaching with Sanctified Imagination --- Sanctified Art