McCaulley is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL, and author of the books “Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance” and “Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope.” He is also a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, where he published the essay “I Grew Up Poor. How Am I Supposed to Raise My Middle-Class Kids?” This essay had a strong impact on McKinnon and played an important role in the context of this episode.