There is an evil game being played on a large percentage of the American populace. The thing about this game is that it has potentially deadly consequences. Many “conservative” Christians in America have been sucked into this game of “us” versus “them.” It is a … Continue reading From the ‘Great Replacement’ to the Great Commandment
Voting is an individual act for the collective good. We have a sacred responsibility to vote. But it is not just in the booth every two years that we vote. We have a responsibility to serve “the least of these,” … Continue reading 24-7, 365 We Vote
I voted for the first time in my life when I was 30. It’s not that I didn’t want to before. It’s that I could not. I left my country when I was 16, and I did not become a … Continue reading Every vote, a prayer
Elections imply the people have freedom to choose leaders, policies and direction. In a nation that respects its citizens, the privilege of voting is more than civic duty, it is our voice. After the fund-raising campaigns are done, after political … Continue reading The Vote Is Our Voice
Dr. Martha S. Jones’s book, Vanguard introduces us to hidden figures of American democracy. The sacredness of our vote is demonstrated by these women’s sacrificial quest for equality under the law. Black women had (and still have) a unique struggle … Continue reading Highlights from “VANGUARD: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All”
“…And your life doesn’t change by the man who’s elected.” This line from an Avett Brothers song released in 2009 called Head Full of Doubt hits me every time. Was there a time I unconsciously believed this? How many people … Continue reading The Rights and Responsibilities of Voting
The phrase that sounds like what all Americans should have heard in the first place when the cry came as a keening from the Black community. Continue reading Precious Lives:
Word association: Florida. One thinks of palm trees, turquoise water and white sand. Some may envision Miami’s skyline with Crockett and Tubbs in a sleek Ferrari, speeding on coastal roads. For others, maybe its football, the Everglades and gators. One … Continue reading Like the Palm
Rarely in history have things felt more urgent than they do right now. The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in his “I Have A Dream” speech delivered at the march on Washington on August 28, 1963, says this, … Continue reading They Can’t Kill Us All
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