– It Completes Me! Essay compilations are a genre of writing I have found myself more and more drawn towards in the last ten years. …
Category: Non-Fiction
Book Review: This Here Flesh
– It Completes Me! Though I am a pastor, I tend not to read a lot of religious, theological or even spiritual books throughout the…
Book Review: The Future of the Race
The Future of the Race by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cornel West This is one of those books that you actually want to read…
Book Review: You Are Your Best Thing
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown This book is well worth the…
Book Review: On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth – Annette Gordon-Reed This is a book that everyone should read…maybe even become required reading in high schools. It’s short and easily digestible…
Book Review: Covered with Night
Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace I picked up this book from the library because…
Book Review: Crying In H Mart
– Worth It! Of the memoirs I consumed this month for AAPI Heritage Month, Michelle Zauner’s “Crying In H Mart” was the only one I…
Book Review: Concepcion
– Worth It! There is nothing so rewarding as reading a deeply personal, generational family narrative while learning the history of place and people along…
Book Review: Four Hundred Souls
Four Hundred Souls – Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain This book is a ‘must-read’ history for all Americans! Not only does…
Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer Ok, I am NOT anything even close to what could be called a ‘plant person!’ Honestly, I’m pretty bad…