by Drick Boyd | Sep 26, 2024 | Featured
“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...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 6, 2021 | Featured
The Day of Epiphany In the Christian tradition, January 6 is the Day of Epiphany, the day in which we celebrate the arrival of astrologers from Persia who came seeking a Blessed One, the one we know as Jesus. These astrologers have been called Wise Ones, Magi, and...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 9, 2020 | Featured
On Saturday, November 7 I was heading to downtown Philadelphia to take part in a “Protect the Vote” rally. As I came through West Philadelphia around 11:45, I heard people cheering, banging pots jumping up and down and dancing in the street. Something had happened. I...
by Drick Boyd | May 20, 2019 | Featured
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...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
Like many people I have been pondering the meaning of Tuesday’s election results. It so happened that during the final stages of this election season, I was reading Howard Thurman’s The Luminous Darkness: A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the...
