"11 o'clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hours, in Christian America." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., circa 1960Segregation remains a reality in churches across America. Many congregations are still divided along racial lines even amidst our diverse society. How did we get here? And what does the Bible say about unity among all peoples in the church?In this compelling book, Dr. John S. Tinker takes us on a journey to under...

Is there a dividing line between family, friends, and fellow homo sapiens, or are we bound in a web of relationships with all who share this planet? How do we develop our sense of community and family, what do we inherit from our ancestors and how do we transmit what they taught us to those who follow in our footsteps? Where do memories come from, where do they go? In these pages, John "Tinker" Williamson continues to address these questions using the honored medium of the story. As you re...

Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and with works exhibited at the prestigious Biennale de Paris, New York’s Whitney Museum, the de Menil Collection in Houston, and other venues, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade started “keeping it weird” in 1961 when he arrived in Austin with his ’51 custom Ford hot rod and his slicked-back hair. Primed to study art at the University of Texas, Wade’s coif and dragster earned him his trademark moniker, and the abstract, welded sculptures he fashio...