Wow. What a heartwarming and unexpected piece. I love when life--and people--surprise you. 'Michael Cohen and Rosie O’Donnell: A Love Story' nytimes.com/2024/05/15/sty…

I'm finishing grading in my two spring Baylor University courses--Race, Film, and Culture & Harry Potter--and I am astonished at the depth of critical understanding and the personal growth of my students. They are thoughtful and compassionate, and we will be blessed by them. Baylor UniversityProud

The disgraced former president says we need to 'stop the plunder, rape, slaughter and destruction of the American suburbs, cities and towns.' Crime is down, employment is up, and America remains the strongest country on the planet. wapo.st/3wHraVE #fear #fear mongering

Please come join Anthony G. Reddie and me for this great course on race, film, faith, and culture at the marvelous Gladstone's Library in Wales this October. BaylorProud The American Cathedral in Paris The Episcopal Church University of Oxford Oxford University Press Oxford Philosophy Baylor Media Oxford Theology #canontheologian #film

Celebrating so many great careers, offering gratitude, and recognising I am now the senior faculty member in ⁦Baylor University⁩’s ⁦Baylor UniversityEnglish⁩ department. 34 years in I still love teaching, writing, and mentoring, and am still ⁦Baylor UniversityProud⁩! www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/20…

Today is the feast day of St. Julian of Norwich, who wrote, 'He did not say, 'You shall not be perturbed, you shall not be troubled, you shall not be distressed,' but he said, 'You shall not be overcome.'' Thanks, Blessed St. Julian, for that eternal message of hope. BaylorProud

Sunset at the lake. Good hard beautiful day.

Setting up interviews with Baylor University president Linda Livingstone, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. So loving this election year series for Baptist News Global on race, religion, and politics! Baylor UniversityProud The Episcopal Church The American Cathedral in Paris

Thanks to Reading Religion for this thoughtful positive review of The Gospel According to James Baldwin. JB still challenges us all to confront our history and to do better. Grateful for that witness. readingreligion.org/9781626985391/ BaylorProud Orbis Books The Episcopal Church The American Cathedral in Paris

Writing and doing research today on Know Nothings, the Klan, various America 1st movements, and modern white Christian nationalism for my Oxford University Press book on racist myths. The names change, but the hate stays the same, and all of it needs to be held up to the light. BaylorProud

Please join me & Ralph Douglas West Pentecost weekend for 'A Conversation with Dr. Greg Garrett | The Church Without Walls' and Sunday worship when I preach on why the Church exists. Church Without Walls BaylorProud tcww.org/event/23290887… The Episcopal Church The American Cathedral in Paris #race #justice #church

⁦JemarTisby.Substack.com.⁩ will be teaching “White Christian Nationalism 101” this May. Please consider signing up and letting your church know! #racism #church #justice jemartisby.teachable.com/p/wcn101

The The Baylor Lariat wrote a feature about faculty member Dr. Greg Garrett, discussing the many hats he wears besides 'Professor' and how he strives to help Baylor students 'change the world.' Read more about Dr. Garrett's work here: baylorlariat.com/2024/04/23/aut…