Un-American:  an American Slur

Un-American: an American Slur

“Take that necklace off.  It’s un-American”, was the greeting a woman gave me while working as a door-to-door salesman in Indianapolis after my sophomore year in college.  I knocked on thousands of doors that summer. I was always unannounced, and unexpected.  Many...
Privilege and the Temptation to Insulate

Privilege and the Temptation to Insulate

It was perhaps my most embarrassing experience while serving as a bishop.  We were in Canterbury, England in 2008, all 800 of us – bishops from across the world, plus spouses and staff, gathered for a three-week gathering called the Lambeth Conference.  It was not...