Robert Williamson Jr. is the Margaret Berry Hutton Odyssey Professor of Religious Studies at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he also serves as the founding pastor of Mercy Community Church of Little Rock, a ministry of hospitality welcoming those who live on the streets. His most recent book is Ideology, Imagination, and Inspiration: Echoes of Brueggemann in a New Generation (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2015). You can find him on Twitter as @rwilliamsonjr.
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It's Time for National Confession of Sin
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On Dec. 28, just before New Year’s Day, a Cleveland grand jury declined to indict the officers who killed Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who had been playing with a toy gun in a park near his home. For many, the news resounded as yet one more tragic refrain in the long litany of our nation’s utter disregard for Black lives. Extinguished in the innocence of childhood, without even a second thought.