Envisioning a different reality: Reflections on the CoInspire conference
Montreat, North Carolina. A beautiful place. A complicated history. “Presbyterian Disneyland” as my husband called it. All these things were present at..
Helping churches talk about racism
90-minute Presbyterian Outlook webinar on-demand replay Recorded October 29, 2019 Presented by Carolyn B. Helsel If you are in one of the..
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
David W. Blight Simon & Schuster, 912 pages Reviewed by Donald W. Shriver A great life deserves a great biographer. In Yale..
Call me by name: A lifetime of race and relationships
The charge is armed robbery. The defendant’s lawyer declares at the outset that this is a case of mistaken identification. I had..
Preaching about Racism: A Guide for Faith Leaders
Carolyn B. Helsel Chalice Press, 128 pages Reviewed by Rachel Cheney As a predominantly white denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has the..
Periodically dark
“Sunday school books were made for black people, but the black church doesn’t like books.” A decade has passed, but I remember..
“Late we come” — The Presbyterian Outlook and Southern Presbyterians on race
Speaking at the March on Washington in August 1963, Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A...
Payback time
“What do we do now?” That’s the refrain I hear after I speak or preach or teach about the long history and..
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