At the service I led this past Sunday honoring the New Year, we at DUUF read this Responsive Reading by Mohan Embar. I chose it mostly for the laugh, which I value in our services, because I actually do very much like responsive readings at our services. It’s like a song; there is something comforting … Continue reading Responsive Reading? No. Responsive Invention!
“You know,” my neighbor said, “The Delaware Main Library hasn’t had a book display of LGTBQ+ titles in honor of Pride this year.” That’s odd, because the Delaware Main Library has highlighted LGBTQ+ books in a prominent location for the past several years in June, in recognition of LGBT Pride month. It was so odd … Continue reading Hate Will Not Win
Colson Whitehead is the author of The Underground Railroad (2016), the 2018 Common Book for all first-year students at Otterbein University. On Tuesday, October 23, I had the privilege of hearing this Pulitzer Prize finalist expound on his metaphoric use of “underground railroad,” meaning the travel through “human hands” of those who are sacrificing their … Continue reading Colson Whitehead
