Lisa Sharon Harper

CP Guest Contributor

Dear Santa, ...

Imagine if this was the letter your child had to write to Santa this season.

Dear Santa, ...

The Lorraine Motel

As I walk toward the balcony where my hero fell, I feel strangely drawn in enwrapped by invisible hands of comfort and welcome.

The Lorraine Motel

The Day I Was Transformed on Immigration Issues

Seven years ago, on a cold day in December 2009, I entered Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, N.J. — a minimum-security prison on a pilgrimage organized by the Interfaith Center of New York and Human Rights First.

The Day I Was Transformed on Immigration Issues

Morgan Freeman and the Seeker's Journey

Morgan Freeman used to strut across my TV screen, beaded leather vest swaying, dancing and singing as he put words together to make a sentence as the character "Easy Reader" on the iconic children's television show, The Electric Company.

Morgan Freeman and the Seeker's Journey

From Forgiveness to Repentance to Restitution

One question haunted me: How does a white Christian South African live in this apartheid from day to day? 1) One must actively fight injustice, or 2) she must embrace a theology that has nothing to do with it.

From Forgiveness to Repentance to Restitution