Hospitality of the Holidays?
In some ways, this is a season of hospitality or its lack. Many of us hear the story of the emigration and return of Joseph and Mary to and from Egypt, reminiscent of the time the Israelites spent in Egypt generations earlier. Many of us hear the story of the pregnant Mary being welcomed by […]
Thank You
It’s nearly Thanksgiving, here in the US. It is a holiday I have often loved, despite its terribly convoluted political history and condition. It is a holiday mightily affected by cultural appropriation (and flat-out caricature), a holiday often grounded in an historical lie of peaceful encounters between peoples equal in power and affection, a holiday […]