“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
“Love the foreigner, therefore, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.” (Deuteronomy 10:19) “Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.” (Colossians 3:11) Jerry spent the last hour cutting moldy sheetrock away from our bathroom walls. His graying mustache… Read More
Who should I vote for? In 1980, Ronald Reagan told us to answer that question by asking ourselves another: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? If you are “better off” today then vote for the party currently inhabiting the White House. If you aren’t “better… Read More
I live in a little bedroom community outside of Nashville where folks from Michigan, Jersey, and New York live beside those of us who grew up on sweet tea and biscuits. The auto industry brought some of them here. For others it was the slower pace of life. And many… Read More
Shaun Groves