JustPeace and Chris Wiman
On November 12 and 13 I attended the 10th Anniversary Gathering of JustPeace, the United Methodist Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation. About 35 of us reflected on the first ten years with Director Tom Porter, his associate Stephanie Hixon, and current and former staff members, along with others from around the country. As always, [...]
Flared Cherry Bowl
I recently completed this cherry bowl from a tree on our property. I made it for a good friend of many years in Atlanta. I wanted it to represent an opening up to the world and to the wider realm beyond us. It’s about 8 inches across and 5 inches high. The wall is generally [...]
Felix Sciatica
Augustine claimed that only if we all were infected with an “original sin” could Christ the redeemer have come into the world. No sin, no redemption. No fallen Adam, no risen Christ. The logic was impeccable. He called that sin a “Felix Culpa,” a “blessed fault.” (From “felix” we have “felicitous.” From “culpa” we have [...]
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.