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My brother Scott spent this Christmas in rehab thousands of miles away from home. In my book I share what it’s like to be his sister and to witness his struggle with bipolar disorder and addiction. Scott just got home yesterday, so I asked him about Christmas in rehab, in search of answers to whyContinue reading “Christmas in Rehab: 5 Things My Brother Learned”

Tonight is the longest night. As a way to mark this significant day, people will enter into houses of worship to light candles and pray. There will be silence and singing, speaking and listening. There will be tears. It’s an important worshipping moment in the life of the church because in the midst of theContinue reading “Alone the Longest Night”

Five days before Christmas, a Black man named Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot two non-Black Brooklyn NYPD officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, “execution style” while they sat in their squad car. Within hours of the news breaking, a friend posting on Facebook, in understandable outrage, quickly distanced himself from the shooter, calling him a “madman.” OthersContinue reading “Scapegoating Crazy”