A boy's grief ; Why I didn't go to the firehouse ; For Roxane Gay: notes from a forgiving heart
Upbringing ; A fur for Annie Pearl ; The world don't turn that way for me, daddy ; Calling me by my name ; White shirts
Tain in the rain ; Letter to a newborn mother ; Precious cargo ; The payoff letter ; Toni Morrison and me ; To winter warming
The Holy Week walk ; Why I must dance like Tony Manero ; Spiritual journey mile marker: Rob Bell, NYC ; Opening to love ; Of flesh and spirit ; A faith of pure imagination ; Honoring autumn: a dervish essay
Coda: Speaking with my mother now.