Drick Boyd's Blog
What is God Doing?
Saved by God for a Purpose? On March 4 President Trump delivered his annual “State of Union” speech to Congress in which he highlighted all the things he had already done since taking office on January 20: the DOGE cuts, instituting tariffs, his interest in gaining...
Dispersing the Fog
Rufus Jones, a Quaker mystic and philosopher, tells the story of being on a boat trip in the midst a thick fog. He writes: The range of visibility was extremely short. The ship crept along cautiously, feeling its way and sounding the foghorn at frequent intervals. The...
What Would Tony Do?
Last Saturday, January 25, I had the honor of attending the Celebration of Life for Dr. Tony Campolo. Tony died two months earlier on November 19, 2024, and the family had its own private funeral. This event, officiated by Tony’s son Bart Campolo, was for the...
Meeting Physical Force with Soul Force
During the last year, I have been working on a book entitled Mystic Activists in which I explore and discuss how our spiritual practices such as prayer, contemplation, worship, and the like are absolutely essential to our work for social justice, specifically racial...
Which Season Are We Entering?
Happy 2025! What does this new year promise for us? In an essay entitled “The Seasons of God,” African American mystic and pastor Howard Thurman quotes 17th-century French Catholic leader and theologian Francois Fenelon who wrote: “Time bears a very different aspect...
Thank You, Kamala
Dear Kamala, I want to thank you for the campaign you ran with fierceness, grace, and joy. I have been one of your supporters going back to the Democratic primary in 2020. I was so glad when you were nominated as the vice-presidential candidate and then ascended to...
What I Have Learned While Campaigning for Kamala Harris
A New Year’s Resolution Like many people, at the beginning of 2024 I made New Years resolutions. One of those resolutions was to do all that I could to make sure Donald Trump is not re-elected to the presidency. Since then, I have donated money to the campaign first...
What We Learn From the Venezuelan Election
“The Last Time You’ll Have to Vote” On July 27 of this year, Donald Trump was the key speaker at a gathering of evangelical Christians. At one point in his speech, he urged his audience to vote in the upcoming election: "Get out and vote! Just this time. You won't...
A White Dude for Harris: Let’s Talk Immigration
In late July there was series of mega-Zoom calls following the announcement that Kamala Harris was taking Joe Biden’s place as the Democratic presidential candidate. First, 40,000 joined on a call of Black Women for Kamala Harris. A couple days later there were...
My Birthday Reflection
On Wednesday, July 24, I turned 71. A few years ago, when Cynthia and I were in our late 60s, we noted that being 60-something did not seem so old, but being 70-something – now that sounded old! Until now I haven’t used senior parking spaces at the supermarket, but I...
SCOTUS Irresponsibility
After a long hiatus from posting on this blog, I am back. While away, I have been working on a new book with the working title Antiracist Spirituality in which I discuss how using the lens of antiracism in our spiritual practices...
Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism and the Call for Peace in Gaza
Like many people, I have been horrified by the death and destruction caused by the war between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). The attack by Hamas on October 7, which killed 1200 innocent people, the vast majority of whom were Jewish, and the capture and...
Webinar – Healing White Body Supremacy- Dec 5
I invite you to join me and my friend and Roots of Justice colleague Kyle Sullivan discussing what is causing so many white people to act in racially destructive ways and how we as people of conscience can address our friends, family members, and colleagues so caught...
Looking for Reasons, Seeking Peace
A Post 9/11 Insight In October 2001, approximately six weeks after the tragic bombings of the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and United Flight 93 over rural Pennsylvania, I gathered with about 100 educators at a conference in Austin, TX. The original goals of the...
A Meditation on the Murder of Eddie Irizarry
Introduction in the last several blog entries I have been outlining the nature and process of systemic racism. I have sought to make clear that systemic racism is different than what most people think of as racism. We tend to think of racism as a discriminatory or...