Journalism

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Honest Work (A review of the CBS competition Tough as Nails), Sojourners, April 2021

“So What Is It They’re Asking You to Do?” (An interview with Ruby Sales, director of The SpiritHouse Project and civil rights activist), Sojourners, February 2021

Poet Nikky Finney Seeks the Flourishing of Black Families in a Time of Violent Decay (A review of the collection Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry), Sojourners, January 2021

Limited Fantasy (Praise of HBO and its drama Lovecraft Country), Sojourners, December 2020

“An Organic Part of Who We Are” (A profile of Jesse Milan Jr., president and CEO of AIDS United), Sojourners, April 2020

Let Black Voters Be Black Voters (A commentary on the 2020 South Carolina Democratic Primary), Sojourners, February 2020

The Advocate (A profile of civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump), Sojourners, February 2019

Showing Up (A profile of Sojourners’ 2018 Movement Honorees), Sojourners, July 2018

Short Takes: Bruce Schoup (An interview with the pastor of a South Carolina church working to house local LGBTQ people), Sojourners, May 2018

Online

Demi Lovato’s Fusing of the Sacred and the Profane Is Part Evolution, Part Miracle (A review of their rock album Holy Fvck), Religion News Service, Aug. 23, 2022

Kanye West Is Not Done Changing the World, For Better or Worse (A review of the Netflix documentary series jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy), Sojo.net, Feb. 16, 2022

Aretha Franklin Biopic ‘Respect’ Highlights Dangers of Patriarchy, Sojo.net, Aug. 12, 2021

‘Good Lord Bird’ a Few Feathers Short (A review of the Showtime dramedy miniseries The Good Lord Bird), Sojo.net, Nov. 30, 2020

Sufjan Stevens’ Latest Hymns of Honesty (A review of his album The Ascension), Sojo.net, Sept. 25, 2020

A New Bible Exhibit Struggles to Grapple With America’s History of Slavery (A review of the Museum of the Bible’s ‘The Slave Bible’ exhibit), Americamagazine.org, July 26, 2019

The ‘Prestige’ of the Grammys Denies Great Art (A critique of the Recording Academy’s recent Album of the Year picks), Sojo.net Jan. 30, 2018

The Shack Is One More Disappointing Reminder That “Christian Art” Is Often Bad (A review of the film The Shack), Sojo.net, March 3, 2017

Hidden Racism (A review of the film Hidden Figures), Sojo.net, Feb. 22, 2017