Tag: Respect

  • The Politics of Life and Faith

    The Politics of Life and Faith

    My friend from India, Reji, a Coptic Orthodox priest gave me this message when I left an ecumenical conference. I asked him, “If you could say ANY THING to the people in the US what would you say?” I expected him to give me a beautiful spiritual quote on Christianity or living in peace together.…

  • Release of Debut Novel – October 19, 2017

    Release of Debut Novel – October 19, 2017

    My debut novel is now released! Release! Ahhh what a great word. Excitement abounds as I announce that my new novel is now available. It was released on October, 19. This date is special to me because it is the birth date of my maternal grandmother. She was a reader and the one grandparent who…

  • Missing Links

    Missing links is not a blog post about evolution. Um…nor is it a political post (though many of us might wonder at the missing links in the politician’s evolutionary chain). As I update my website I know that there may be some missing links here. As I was making changes, it reminds me of how easy it is…

  • Brave enough to say “Queer”

    A video posted by JRobin Whitley (@robinsradio) on Oct 12, 2016 at 6:02am PDT

  • Stepping Up to Love

    Love is a tricky word and also a word we use too casually. Time and again, I will use Frederick Beuchner’s definition of love to explain what I mean when I use the word separately from romantic love. Beuchner explains it this way: “In the Christian sense, love is not primarily an emotion but an act of…