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Author: How Far to the Promised Land; | NT prof @wheatoncollege | Contributing opinion writer @NYTimes | Senior Editor for @HolyPostpodcast | Priest for C4SO
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Fatherhood as an Exercise in Hope

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By Esau McCaulley
| Substack
Before I had my first crush or asked a girl out on a date, when my future wife and I were traveling down different roads separated by time and circumstance, before I knew how babies were made, I wanted to be a father. The idea came to me unhindered by competing agendas one sad afternoon in elementary school. I normally chased away melancholy that pressed down upon me with a bit of Nintendo, but that couldn’t fix it.
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Isaiah Johnson and the Big Game

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By Emmanuel K Boateng, Esau McCaulley, Michelle Obama
| Books Connect Us
A sweet and thoughtful picture book about how we all need forgiveness–even parents–from the bestselling author of Andy Johnson and the March for Justice and Josey Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit. Isaiah Johnson’s baseball team has made it to the championships, and he’s up to bat! Most of the Johnson family is in the stands cheering him on . . . but someone is missing: Isaiah’s dad. When Dad finally shows up, he apologizes for his absence and asks for Isaiah’s forgiveness.
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Clotel and The Need for a Distinctively Christian Justice movement

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By Esau McCaulley
| Substack
In 1853, William Wells Brown released what is often considered one of the first novels written by an African American. It was called Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter. It is a fictionalized account of the sale of two daughters of Thomas Jefferson and an enslaved woman he assaulted. Much of the book deals with the hypocrisy of Christians supporting slavery. In particular the novel highlights the plight of enslaved black women and their vulnerability to sexual abuse and victimization.
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