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Shawndra Lucas

Shawndra Lucas

Justice, Mercy, and the Court of Public Opinion

A young man, likely a teenager, on the witness stand addressing the felon who has just been sentenced to ten years in prison for murdering his brother under suspicious circumstances. He is saying things like “I love you” and “I don’t want you to go to jail” and “give

Stop Being Yourself, Your Personality Might Betray You

Remember high school yearbooks? I’m convinced you do. I’m convinced you have a few packed away in a closet, basement or attic right this moment. And I’m convinced that if you cracked them open you’d see heartfelt scribbles from people you can hardly remember now telling

Learning the Scent of Living Water

Read these words of a man name Job who had just lost everything he loved. His life had crumbled to the ground, and in his hopelessness he exclaimed: “Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches. Though its roots

Forsaking Fig Leaves: On Sin and Creativity

There is no question that we were created to create. To reflect God’s creative power and wisdom. Speaking life and justice and truth into the world through our words. Expressing love and beauty through the work of our hands. We are engineers. We are medical professionals. We are parents.