Monthly Archives: August 2017

While I was visiting a parishioner in the hospital, her daughter’s pastor, a prominent African-American pastor, also made a visit. We were making small talk, the kind pastors generally make during a hospital visit, and I asked Pastor McCormick how … Continue reading →

  When I was in the seventh grade I attended a lily-white high school. We had, as far as I knew, three minorities—two Roman Catholics and a Jewish girl. The next year that same school was around 45 percent African-American. … Continue reading →