Some years back, half of ODB spent several weeks exploring England. After a couple of weeks in London, our first stop was Hampton Court Palace. While built by Cardinal Wolsey, it’s most known for being a favorite of Henry VIII. After a significant disgrace, Wolsey “gave” …
So often we can’t see what is in our immediate view for looking over the horizon for something new or different. Recently, while returning home from running an errand, we decided to stop at the lake that is just a couple of minutes from our …
When I first moved to Chicago, I worked to create pathways for folks who found it extremely difficult to find work in our city. It boggles the mind to see how the deck was stacked against the most marginalized of us. My office sat within a once-grand church complex on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Thousands of Chicagoans would walk up to the top floor to our classrooms and offices to the promise of a fair shake. We did our best to make the unlikely probable.
Directly across the street was another church, Liberty Baptist. In the years that I worked a few feet away, I was always curious but never made it over there.
Yesterday, 20 years later, I did. Although it’s a tad rough around the edges, there’s ample evidence of care and love wherever you look. Have you visited this space? If you like architecture, Chicago, is a playground. What are some of your favorites here?
On the eve of our country’s Independence Day, I, like many other Americans, find myself reflecting on what we mean by the words independence, liberty, and freedom. Just two weeks ago, we were celebrating Juneteenth. Almost a century separates these two commemorative moments (and all …
