Livingstone Knowles

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Jun 15, 2021
Understanding systemic racism as a believer
Yet, during the course of our conversations over the years, I still detect at age 80 the sting of racism despite his many accomplishments and those of his family. Maya Angelou said it and it remains true: people never forget how you made them feel.
Jan 21, 2021
A Christian parent’s case for public school education
How do you help them if you hide away in monasteries, nunneries, private schools and segregated clubs, singing Kumbaya while preaching to the choir?
Nov 18, 2020
Why forgiving your oppressor can never be weakness
I read this column as a black man and a black father while visions of George Floyd crying out for his mama and a disfigured corpse of Emmett Till, lying still in his casket, dance around in my head.
Oct 19, 2020
Does your faith outlast Nov. 3?
For them, that obligation, requirement or expectation does not change because of the results in November.