But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream. Amos 5:24 In the five years since launching Words of Faith, I don’t believe I’ve ever opened a post...

Given the title of this blog, the dispiriting post I wrote two weeks ago would never have worked. The piece was long and fraught with critique about what the world is doing...

It is so hard to feel connected in a world like this. Recent weeks have found me worrying about the loss of belonging among our board, staff, and community. What has caused...

We are a learning institution. For 102 years, we’ve professed belief in the power of higher education. Our foremothers understood that the right to learn and develop one’s thinking is an essential...

These days, the offices of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis feel a bit like an airport terminal does in the depths of a stubborn pandemic.  Assuming you are boosted and wearing...

We need to be paying attention, at The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis and everywhere else that inequity is a threat and democracy is endangered. And I don’t think it hyperbole to...

I’m sharing with you one of the most valuable benefits of my job: reason to hope. I can’t go even a day being discouraged by the state of democracy and the entrenched...

Last night, eleven Policy Fellows marked the end of their nine-month fellowship with a showcase of their research and experiences. Throughout two hours of presentations and dialogue, the steady guidance of former...

Journalist Sylvester Brown, Jr. received the essay written by Scholarship Foundation Campus Policy Fellows and wanted to meet with them right away. Brown began the discussion with Anne Marie, Jessika, Kennedi, and...

The cycle is predictable and yet seems to surprise us each three years. A beloved board president steps down and a new and heretofore lesser-known individual takes the helm. Because this board...

I once thought I could keep separate the personal from the professional, and to work I would go with the right tone, attire, and boundaries. I can’t remember how and when that...

When Scholarship Foundation offices closed to the public 14 months ago, we expected a return to normal in a matter of months. After several regional and international waves of affliction and death...