“Please, we need your help. We have recently suffered from the worst of possible tragedies, of which we had no part in this most unfortunate matter that has been so egregious and damaging to our crops, property, and livestock. Our … Continue reading Remorse, Taking Responsibility, and Reparations
My heart fell in despair when I heard the news. Two African American legislators were expelled from the Tennessee State Capitol. They wanted to pass sensible legislation to ban assault weapons in their state. Thankfully, these two individuals were reinstated … Continue reading A Simple Apology will Never Solve Racism in America Today
Racial reconciliation has been “a thing” in the church over the course of the last several decades following the Civil Rights Movement. The Promise Keepers took a shot at it more than 25 years ago and made racial reconciliation its … Continue reading Repentance Through Reparations: The Path to Racial Reconciliation
My mother and I almost died on the operating room delivery table. I had some complications at birth. Around five years old, I had an operation to improve my ability to walk. Although I overcame several odds stacked against me … Continue reading We Need to Transcend Beyond Color Blindness
Hope you enjoy this mmm – mmm, mouth-waterin’, finger-lickin’, lip-smackin’, seed-spittin’ piece! Continue reading Fried Chicken & Watermelon: Ingredients for Un-Othering
As soon as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s tickets opened for sale, we bought them. My children had fallen in love with the mirrors they saw in the characters after the first movie: strong Black men and women of power and … Continue reading A Shared Past Should Unify Our Future
In the words of the former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, ‘We Cannot Be Afraid Of The Truth.’ His words were from a 2017 speech decrying monuments that glorified the confederacy – relics of a fractured nation, (The Broken … Continue reading Broken Toys In The Attic, and Forever Battles of Yesterday’s War.
“The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.” Psalms 24:1 NLT It is wonderful to be back from my sabbatical and engaging with you amazing readers again just in time … Continue reading *There Will Always Be Room: God’s Blessings in Unorthodox Places
The spiritual deficit of not welcoming the stranger by Lisa Colón DeLay If we let it, this story can expose our own notions and shortcomings related to hospitality and those in need. How do we—both as individuals and as a … Continue reading The Refugee Problem?
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