Rosalynn Carter: Honoring a Legacy
On November 28, the family of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter held a beautiful memorial service for her at the Glenn Memorial Church at Emory [...]
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“A Litany of Thanksgiving”
For many years I always cooked Thanksgiving dinner for our whole family and for friends away from their homes. Before our meal, children read various [...]
Read MoreFinishing Unfinished Work
“It should be clear by now that a nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America which practices what [...]
Read MoreA Place at the Table
I’ve shared before the description of an editorial cartoon my father kept pinned up in the vestibule of our church that made a deep impression [...]
Read MoreTowards a New Day
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and both his acceptance speech and the Nobel Lecture he gave the [...]
Read MoreEarly Steps Forward
Fifty years after Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) was founded, some of CDF’s marks of impact go all the way back to the beginning—including CDF’s first [...]
Read MoreHonoring a Long Fight for Truth and Justice
On October 9, Hughes Van Ellis, who was one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, passed away at age [...]
Read MoreO God of All Children
At a moment of unspeakable terror, horror, violence, and despair, Scripture and prayers are often the first words that rise. I offer again a prayer [...]
Read MoreMore Lessons in Leadership
“It will not be sufficient for Morehouse College, for any college, for that matter, to produce clever graduates, men fluent in speech and able to [...]
Read MoreA Measure of Leadership
As some members of Congress showed they were willing to bring the federal government to the brink of a shutdown, with demands that include deep [...]
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