

"I Love You for Sentimental Reasons": Musical Lessons of Black Men's Abounding Love
Recently at the breakfast table I found my boys, ages 4 and 2, and their mama singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." They know the...

Louis Venters
Feb 4, 20164 min read


NPR on Martin Luther King in Kingstree, SC
Linton Weeks of National Public Radio (who last summer interviewed me for a story about the Baha'i Faith as the largest religious...

Louis Venters
Apr 3, 20152 min read


UPCOMING: Aunt Pearlie Sue and the Gullah Kinfolk in Hartsville, SC
Sunday, February 22, at 4:00 p.m., People to People and the South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation present Aunt Pearlie Sue...

Louis Venters
Feb 10, 20151 min read


Getting to the Heart of Religion: The Story of a Surprisingly Subversive "Little Drummer Boy&qu
This time of year I see plenty of reminders, from social media and to signs in front of churches, that “Jesus is the reason for the...

Louis Venters
Dec 25, 20145 min read



























