Like the interview subject of this article, I’ll admit I was surpised that the young male victim of a recent Web-broadcasted suicide was black. That aside, sadness all around.
Like the interview subject of this article, I’ll admit I was surpised that the young male victim of a recent Web-broadcasted suicide was black. That aside, sadness all around.
“Generosity without orthodoxy is nothing, but orthodoxy without generosity is worse than nothing.” ~Hans Frei (quoted in Brian D. McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy )
This just in: My latest column is up at Anti-Racist Parent. The always-kind Tami gives a preview, and you can read the whole thing here.
This just in: My latest column is up at Anti-Racist Parent. The always-kind Tami gives a preview, and you can read the whole thing here.
In a column draft for AntiRacistParent, I wrote that it’s an interesting time to be an Episcopalian, especially one in Pittsburgh. We’ve got a deposed bishop and declared schism, and even our own Wikipedia entry, two in fact. The Sunday in June 2003 that my family first joined a local Episcopal parish was the day [...]
I went to a predominantly black Episcopal church today. During the service, I wrote an anti-racist parent column in my head. Stay tuned…
So, this morning I attended a Tiny Tot Symphony Stories concert performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall. BabyGirl’s class (and a few others from her preschool) attended along with preschoolers from other schools around the city. I went along not as a chaperone, but rather an invited guest. This meant that I [...]
Blogger and fellow Anti-Racist Parent Liz Dwyer aka Los Angelista is giving away a combination HP scanner/copier/printer. The contest is very easy to enter, but perhaps you’ll opt as I did to skip the contest, but nevertheless have your heart warmed by the story behind the contest.
Boy, am I going to have sweet dreams tonight! Just before I turned in, I did one last blog check, and discovered that the wonderful, dedicated media activist Amy Jussel of ShapingYouth, has written the following about yours truly: …Deesha herself is an amazing literary force, contributing a bi-monthly column for the excellent Literary Mama, [...]