Josh Steele

“Peacemaking, then, cannot be separated from truth telling. The church’s witness does not involve simply denouncing the excesses of both sides and making moral equivalencies. It involves calling injustice by its name. If the church is going to be on the side of peace in the United States, then there has to be an honest accounting of what this country has done and continues to do to Black and Brown people. Moderation or the middle ground is not always the loci of righteousness.”
― Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

“Publishers that survive, whether they focus on traditional print or on digital media, will need to become indispensable to the communities they serve.”
― Peter Ginna, What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing

“According to Isaiah, true practice of religion ought to result in concrete change, the breaking of yokes. He does not mean the occasional private act of liberation, but “to break the chains of injustice.” What could this mean other than a transformation of the structures of societies that trap people in hopelessness? Jesus has in mind the creation of a different type of world.”
― Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

“If you focus your time and energy on understanding, you cannot help but learn. But if you focus your time and energy on learning without trying to understand, you will not only not understand, but also probably not learn. And the effects are cumulative.”
― Sönke Ahrens, How to Take Smart Notes