Clay Rivers's Blog

November 18, 2025

Jesus Calling: A Love Story in Three Acts

I bet you thought I gave up on writing. Well, that’s certainly not the case. It’s been a very busy year with appearing in a play at my alma mater, OHF presenting a customized version of Allyship 101 while concurrently publishing a new anthology in record time . . .  and then there’s this milestone that came to a head last night. What follows is the text to an address I presented last night to my church’s vestry.
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Published on November 18, 2025 15:41

January 15, 2025

Hope and Agency: Doing What You Can When You Can

I reject the notion that I surrender my agency by saying “I hope” for a particular outcome.
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Published on January 15, 2025 09:54

December 3, 2024

It’s Giving Tuesday–Let’s Do This!

It’s time to break the stranglehold racism has on America once and for all. Let’s do this!
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Published on December 03, 2024 01:55

November 9, 2024

Was it the Racism or the Misogyny?

It was BOTH. It was misogynoir — hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against Black women. And the world witnessed it perpetrated on a national scale.
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Published on November 09, 2024 21:09

September 24, 2024

On Cake, Candidates, and Abject Hate

You can’t say you love people when your actions support their oppression.
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Published on September 24, 2024 09:26

January 29, 2024

Notes on a Friendship

I can attest that since before February 4, 1961, Mrs. Adams accepted, understood, and loved me. Yes, she manifested God’s interpersonal trio for how to win friends and influence people better than anyone I knew.
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Published on January 29, 2024 02:03

July 5, 2022

Fireworks about the Fireworks

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July weekend and holiday. Unfortunately, that was not the case...
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Published on July 05, 2022 08:24

June 16, 2022

Happy Birthday, Donald Duck!

Living life to the fullest in college became an expensive undertaking. I needed a little more cash to keep my...
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Published on June 16, 2022 12:12

May 20, 2021

Home Town Takeover: A Little Reno, A Little Inclusion, A Lot of Love

This show is the perfect mashup of home renovation and human interest that warms the heart through and through.
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Published on May 20, 2021 00:00

June 4, 2020

When America Plays the Race Card

We, as a nation, have ignored the sneaking suspicion in the pit of our stomach that something just isn’t quite...
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Published on June 04, 2020 19:00