THIS POST WAS written in the Summer of 2023. Lord, who am I to teach the way To little children day by day, So prone myself to go astray? ⁂ Leslie Pinckney Hill’s poem “The Teacher” is a piece capable of stabbing even the purest of hearts. Who are you? it accuses. How dare you? […]
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I RECENTLY TOOK a trip to Guatemala, as a delegate with my hometown church. It was a mission trip, in which the common question asked was, “What are you guys gonna build?” When people hear about a mission trip, they automatically assume delegates are building houses. Our delegation’s reply, though? We’re building relationships. By doing
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The most iconic writer, at least in the past century, is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have spent a great deal of time studying Dr. King. From his speeches, to his letters, and even to the things people said and wrote about him—I believe Dr. King is iconic because of his everlasting words. His
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We sit outside on the trailer’s back porch, looking down a steep hill to a backdrop of pines. I sit in my lawn chair, perfectly fit for a six-year-old, and I soak in the sun’s rays. Grandpa lounges in his outdoor-fitted La-Z-Boy, undoubtedly the product of southern ingenuity. Society demands of him nothing in the
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Outside a homeless shelter in Nashville, there was a statue of an elderly man holding a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The bronze figure’s hand was outstretched with the sandwich, almost as if he was handing it to me. His golden smile told me that it was a friendly gesture. It was the middle of
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The Founding Fathers seemed to have had it all: the courage to break off from England; a unifying vision for the future; an auspicious passion for the new country. The bravery of these men are why America exists. How lucky we are to have had fervent souls accomplish such a feat! But there’s just one
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