We also live in a broken time. We walk the streets filled with grief. We are in exile from our highest vision. Our dreams of peace and justice lie in ruins. Now, more than ever, we need Rachel. We need to be Rachel, changing history by following her example.
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My certainty that I am safe is unearned and undeserved. And so is the certainty of black men in this country that they are not.
Read moreFear, Guns and the Promised Land
We all spend time scouting our Promised Lands. The futures we want to have. The country and community and nation we want to live in. All of those futures are filled with great potential. Beauty. Bounty. And peril too. So how do we keep our fear from outspeaking, outshouting every other thing we can imagine or dream? How do we keep our fear from driving us to stupid decisions?
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And through all of that, we believed that by our labor and our suffering and our defiance we would make a better world for the young people who would come after us. That one day young people would be able to come out without fear of rejection; they'd be able to work in their chosen professions; they'd be able to live where they want and love who they want and be who they want. They could find love and even get married. And above all, they'd be safe.
Read moreThe Bittersweet Exchange
The papers are signed. The inspections inspected. The repairs repaired. The movers have loaded 42 boxes, 2 suitcases and 3 pieces of furniture onto a truck in the driveway, drawing to a close the life of the Keller family on Osceola Avenue.
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