by Drick Boyd | Apr 15, 2023 | Featured
Been in the Struggle In my previous posting “Seeking to Develop an Antiracist Spirituality,” I began to explore what a spirituality rooted in an antiracist perspective and lifestyle entails. I reflected on a presentation by the Anglican priest Rev. Kenneth Leech to...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 22, 2023 | Featured
The Episcopal Urban Caucus 1994 In 1994 The Episcopal Urban Caucus (EUC) met in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1975 the EUC is a group within Episcopal Church in the United States that seeks to raise up issues of social justice for the wider church. Their...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured
Discovering Engaged Spirituality During the summer I turned 17, I made a conscious decision to become a follower of Jesus. In the language of the evangelical context in which this happened I “gave my life to Christ.” While for me, the decision was not particularly...
by Drick Boyd | Feb 17, 2023 | Featured
Spirituality and the Battle Against Racism Several months ago I was invited to give an address at a Christian college related to my 2021 book, Disrupting Whiteness: Talking with White People About Race. My presentation was part of an ongoing effort of the institution...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured
On January 9, I spoke at the First Monday program of Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center on the topic of “Against the Grain: Talking with White People About Racism in a time of Polarization.” A YouTube recording of that presentation and the discussion that...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 29, 2022 | Featured
According to many of the political ads put forth by Democrats in the recent midterm elections “democracy was on the ballot.” There were legitimate concerns on the part of many Americans, Democrat and otherwise, that if extreme conservative Republicans came to power,...
