Drick Boyd's Blog
Completely Pro-Life (Books That Shaped My Life #8)
I oppose abortion, but I also support a women’s right to choose what happens with her body.
The People’s Congress
We want leaders who are role models. We want leaders who are willing to listen, especially to those with whom they disagree. We want leaders who sow understanding rather than chaos. And mostly they want leaders who tell the truth.
Out of the Woods and into Wha-a-a-a-t????
Donald Trump and I are not that different. What is different is that I am trying to own my racism, and make changes in my attitudes, actions, words, and emotions. This does not make me better than him, just more conscious.
A Theology of Liberation (Books That Shaped My Life #7)
Jamaica Plain In May 1975 after I graduated from Duke University, I packed up my 1968 Ford Mustang and headed north from Durham, NC to Boston, MA. I had gotten a summer job with a national Christian organization called Young Life. My job was to research the...
The Mystery of Faith
One Who Professed Faith This past Sunday, a 12-year old boy was baptized by our pastor. For those not familiar with the Baptist and Anabaptist traditions, baptism in these churches does not happen when a child is born, but rather when that child at whatever age makes...
Memorial Day Reflections
Warning Label Let me start out by acknowledging that what I have to say in this entry has the potential to piss some people off. That is not my intent, but what I am talking about is sensitive, and it is bound to hit a nerve for some folks. I just ask that you...
Beyond “Beating Trump”
Former Vice President Joe Biden was in Philadelphia last weekend to kick off his campaign for President. Like many of his fellow contenders, Biden echoed a common sentiment among Democrats: the number one priority in the 2020 presidential campaign is to beat Donald...
The Great Divorce ( Books That Shaped Me #6)
Live for a while in the books you love. Learn from them what is worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be returned to you a thousand times. Whatever your life may become, these books -- of this I am certain --- will weave through the web of your...
Paulo Freire Goes to Prison
I found the Inside Out experience to be an opportunity to experience firsthand Freire’s philosophy in action.
The Green New Deal as a Vision
The Green New Deal is a vision where we need to go. Nay-sayers, climate change deniers, critics and scoffers, step aside. We need to move forward and quickly, we have got vision and we are moving toward it!
Diet for a Small Planet (Books That Shaped My Life #5)
Eating lower on the food chain we could significantly increase the food supply for the rest of the world.
Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva
Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva My rating: 5 of 5 stars Edgar Villanueva, a Native American of the Lumbee tribe grew up in a low-income, rural North Carolina community. After completing his Masters in...
The Poetry of Langston Hughes (Books That Shaped Me #4)
In spite of herself, my instructor helped me realize how prophetic, radical and needed the words of Langston Hughes were in 1972 and still are today.
The Cost of Discipleship (Books That Shaped Me #3)
Live for a while in the books you love. Learn from them what is worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be returned to you a thousand times. Whatever your life may become, these books -- of this I am certain --- will weave through the web of your...
Thank You, Mary Oliver
I want to pay tribute to the poet Mary Oliver, who died this last Thursday (January 17, 2019) at the age of 83. However, words do not do justice to her life or work, even though her life and work were best known in words, her words of poetry. I had not heard of her...