In historically divisive times, it’s good to be reminded that we don’t have to be the same in order to form deep friendships and create community and art together. Please join us on Sunday, December 6, at 4:00 PM Eastern, to see this new 18-minute documentary from John Kennedy and David Saich. The one-hour online program […]
Join me for songs and stories…
Hi friends, On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, at 4:00PM, I’ll be offering a few songs and stories from Black Mountain. You can tune in wherever you are, for free, on Crowdcast, or watch on Facebook and chat with folks there. To reserve your ‘seat’ at the Crowdcast concert, click here. Feel free to spread the word […]
Wednesday Words – a free sample :-)
Here’s a video with a few hopeful words for you from Howard Zinn, and some thoughts on the Stockdale Paradox. This past weekend, my Patreon community grew to over 250 people. It is a beautiful group of folks, and I’m really grateful to have this intentional village to share with. In addition to ‘Monday […]
‘White Flour’ featured in Essence Magazine
I was blown away to get the news that in a June 2 Essence magazine article titled “11 Children’s Books To Teach Your Kids About Racism And Discrimination,” my book White Flour was listed as number 4. Given that Essence is a prominent magazine by, for, and of black women, I am beyond moved that […]
A hymn for these days
In 2019, I was commissioned by the North Carolina Council of Churches to write a hymn in honor of their eighty-fifth anniversary in 2020. Though the lyrics were written months before the world’s focus turned to the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and racism, the hymn seems to resonate with these turbulent times, and calls […]
Reprise: Thoughts on Confederate Monuments
Note: I originally wrote this post in 2015, in the context of events spelled out below. In light of our current national re-examination of various monuments, I recently looked it up. I found that it still expresses my feelings, and a few folks have asked me for the link recently, so I’m sharing it again […]
Online shows and conversations
Hey friends, Blessings on you and yours in these strange and turbulent times. Like everyone, I’m navigating day by day, trying to figure out where I’m needed and what I can do from here. My friend Gareth Higgins gave me a mantra for these times (and others, for that matter): “Bring what you have. Ask […]
March 13 Concert at White Horse will be live-streamed
Hey friends — I’m playing at my hometown venue, the White Horse, on March 13, with special guest Brian Hilligoss. Come on by, if you can make it! I’ve got some new songs to share that I’m really excited about, and it promises to be a really beautiful evening. Tickets are available here. And if […]
A new song finished, a new book begun…
Greetings from Fancy Gap, Virginia. My friend David has a beautiful cabin here, and let me hide out for a few days to write. Sometimes it takes getting away, especially when there is a big project to work on, like a book, and I am so grateful to have a place to be that is […]
Turning
Each year on New Year’s Eve, folks gather arm in arm and sway and swill and sing an incomprehensible old Scottish song that Robert Burns is often credited with writing. It asks the rhetorical question of whether we should let our old friendships and memories go in favor of the new. The assumed answer is […]
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