Yesterday was inauguration day. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining. Birds were singing. But it was not in any way an ordinary day. It was a new day in America and a new day in the world. But the questions yesterday (and today) remain the same: what will we do with this moment? Will we gloat? Will we check out? Will we retreat to our silos and our enclaves?
Read MoreI have often wondered what it must have taken for my forebears in the civil rights movement to place their children in the eye of the storm. Even knowing the power of symbols to shape our historical narratives. Even after committing oneself to the struggle, how could a mother or a father look at their child and say, "She will be the one. We will go."
Read MoreAs the first wave of the coronavirus passes over us, people are yearning to “get back to normal.” But, as experts from all fields of endeavor tell us—“normal” is still a long way off, and for many of us, there is no “going back.”
Two weeks ago I heard some words from Unitarian minister Bill Sinkford that spoke to this reality with deep eloquence:
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