Networks, Blacks, and the GOP

May 11, 2016 | Media Whores, Politics

“During Robert Dole’s 1996 convention speech, network camera operators could not find any actual black people to portray as delegates who were really delegates. So as a favor to Dole and the Republicans, they focused on their own employees.” Eric...

St. Bede’s Family Service

May 9, 2016 | Church

At 9:08 in St. Bede’s Chapel we wonder if anyone other than the core team of worship leaders will show up for the 9:15 Family Service. Then, in a matter of minutes, we have a crowd of probably 75. Babies being babies, mothers chasing toddlers, crayons hitting the...

Playing for Pizza

May 3, 2016 | Story-Telling

PLAYING FOR PIZZA   I just finished reading John Grisham’s “Playing for Pizza,” a story about an NFL quarterback who takes a five-month contract to play minor league football in...