Bowl of Peace
My last few weeks have been consumed with preparations for the annual Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, for which I was Chair of the Worship and Arts Committee. This year’s theme was “Peace for the World’s Children.” You can find out more about it at www.lakejunaluska.com/peace. The Conference was highlighted with presentations by Jenni Stepanek, mother [...]
Where Are Those Friends?
This poem emerged from my ongoing (never-ending?) archiving project. I’m sure it reflects a widespread feeling. Where are those friends who have drifted downstream so far from our still grinding mill? The first grade best friend who built with me castles of sand, That summer camp comrade who told me why parents sleep doubled in [...]
I’m Telling You Walls
Find what you want or need to in this poem. It just showed up from nowhere. I’m telling you walls, stay firm on foundation, don’t walk off this land on wheels or water, protect me from wandering, bolt me to earth. I’m telling you walls, hold rafters and roof solid, lofty, and high, not letting [...]
After 9/11
I have been deeply concerned by the wave of bigotry and hatred that has emerged around the controversy over the interfaith-sponsored Islamic Center in lower Manhattan. The Center arises from the vision of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a long-time religious leader in New York City. Having read Imam Rauf’s book, What’s Right with Islam is [...]
William J. Everett
In my teaching career I authored eight books and numerous articles in social ethics and religion. After over thirty years of academic work — in Germany, India, and South Africa as well as in the United States — I wanted to turn my hand to a poetically written novel to probe the issues of ecological and human reconciliation.
When I am not writing, I create furniture for worship settings. For more about my work, go to www.WisdomsTable.net, where you will also find galleries of artwork by my wife Sylvia, whose ancestors were the original inspiration for Red Clay, Blood River. READ MORE...
Red Clay Blood River
Red Clay, Blood River is a story told by Earth about two brothers from Germany and an enslaved South African woman whose lives bind together America’s “Trail of Tears” and South Africa’s simultaneous “Great Trek” of 1838.