The Bible isn’t a modern Western book. It’s an ancient Near Eastern book. And so there’s a lot of stuff in the Bible that goes over my head… • Why on earth did God order the Levites to kill 3,000 Israelites as punishment for SOME Israelites worshipping a golden cow?… Read More
“Every thug deserves a slug.” “Just another savage that needs to be exterminated.” “Its a good day for a choke hold.” “F these muslem turd goat humpers.” “Let [refugees] starve to death. I hate every last one of them.” “They said f*** the police so I said f*** your 911… Read More
In Jonesboro, Arkansas on April 29 a man asked, “Why aren’t there any white kids here?” He was gesturing to the table I stood behind, covered in child sponsorship packets. On the front of every packet is the photo of a real child born into a family that earns less… Read More
Audi alteram partem. That’s Latin for “listen to the other side” or “let the other side be heard as well”. This legal maxim keeps the courtroom fair: Wise judgements cannot be made unless everyone is heard. Audi alteram partem. That’s good advice outside the courtroom too. It is increasingly easy to misjudge one another… Read More
Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr bellowed a dream from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His was a voice between that still guides mine. The White Racist Voice All Martin’s life he’d been told he was worthless. Worth less. Unworthy to drink from their fountains, sit… Read More
Never ask a woman if she’s pregnant is a good rule to live by. I like this and the other thousands of unwritten unchanging rules that keep the interpersonal peace down here. But when it comes to race relations, hard rules don’t yet exist. That makes peace hard. So what… Read More
Shaun Groves