by Drick Boyd | Jan 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
And the seasons they go round and round, and the painted ponies go up and downWe’re captive on the carousel of time.We can’t return we can only look behind from where we came.And go round and round and round in the circle game(“The Circle Game, Joni...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
For me, the period of time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is usually a kind of personal sacred time. Each year I begin this five week season by making a list of all the people, events and things in the past year for which I am thankful. Then I go thru Advent with...
by Drick Boyd | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
This past week saw the passing of two notable figures from the Civil Rights and Watergate eras. On Monday, May 19 Vincent Harding passed away at the age of 82. He was a long time Civil Rights activist, speechwriter and friend of Martin Luther King Jr.,...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
About a month ago a good friend called me and informed me that my blogs were depressing him and that he needed to stop reading them for a while. I was bit taken back because despite a frequent focus on the injustices in so many facets of our public life, on a...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
As a federal government shutdown looms due to the Republican threats to not pass a budget bill and attempts to de-fund the Affordable Healthcare Act (so-called Obamacare), I am moved to reflect on the role of government in relationship to the poor and marginalized in...
