I was very grateful to be quoted by my friend, Sue Halpern of The New Yorker, in her piece on Nashville, The Covenant School, the Tennessee Three and a number of too-easily-overlooked details of the story so far.
David, I so appreciate your voice. You make a difference. Tennessee needs to be called out. You manage to do that with both passion and compassion. Thank you.
The problem with the prophetic task is that nobody wants to be sawn asunder or set ablaze... or remind the current legislators that firearm dueling used to be a thing in Tennessee [ https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/dueling/ ] and could be reinstituted [using only TN manufactured guns, of course].
So important to point out who actually is “off the rails.” This is true writ large across our country but has such poignancy in TN. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you, David.
Thank you for your attention, your profound honesty.
David, I so appreciate your voice. You make a difference. Tennessee needs to be called out. You manage to do that with both passion and compassion. Thank you.
Thank you, Leigh! I'm Tennessee! I'm calling IN my selves (or trying to). Thanks for noticing.
Have you checked this out from Diana Butler Bass? This is your jam.
Jon Tate. Diana's a friend and I follow her work closely. I'm also not sure what you're referring to.
Woops…how'd that happen?
Here's the piece that I was hoping to call your attention to, though I'm sure you have read it by now.
https://open.substack.com/pub/dianabutlerbass/p/history-encoded?r=jtwjp&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Thank you, David, for using your voice and power for good. We all can
do it.
The problem with the prophetic task is that nobody wants to be sawn asunder or set ablaze... or remind the current legislators that firearm dueling used to be a thing in Tennessee [ https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/dueling/ ] and could be reinstituted [using only TN manufactured guns, of course].
So important to point out who actually is “off the rails.” This is true writ large across our country but has such poignancy in TN. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you, David, once again for speaking out about compassion, hope, love and strength. Healing for ALL.
Thank you for your words and witness.