It’s a New Season
“The Way To Right Wrongs is To Turn the Light of Truth Upon them” – Ida B. Wells It was the night of March the 7th, 1965, 57 years, and one day ago. America watched the Nurenburg Trials, a major … Continue reading It’s a New Season
Tag: Building the Bridge Together
The February Theme is entitled Blackout.
“The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” Fredrick Douglass Blackout: The effort to systematically erase memories of national history. This February, during Black history month, classrooms across the country are at risk … Continue reading The February Theme is entitled Blackout.
Admit it, Quit it, But for God’s Sake Don’t Forget it
It’s 11:59 PM; revelers dot the avenues in each of the well-known and obscure taverns and watering holes. What’s the occasion, Marti Gras, the Superbowl celebrations? It could be, or it may be, it’s just another ordinary Saturday night in … Continue reading Admit it, Quit it, But for God’s Sake Don’t Forget it
LINGUISTIC REVOLUTION: the creative democratization of definitions
Have you ever wondered why there’s virtually no media coverage of the economic concerns of the Black Working Class? Or the political concerns of Black Evangelicals? Where’s the focus groups and panel discussions giving vent to the concerns of Black … Continue reading LINGUISTIC REVOLUTION: the creative democratization of definitions
The January Theme: Pathways to Healing the Shattered Dream
Those forces of opposition to the Dream find their strength through delay, whether Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream, The Dreamers (young first-generation sons and daughters of immigrants), the Native American belief that Life is one big Dream, or the American Dream itself. The January issue and the first … Continue reading The January Theme: Pathways to Healing the Shattered Dream
Healing After the Dream Slayers
With the morning’s blue sky lightly sprinkled with a tinge of orange at the horizon, the sun lights the atmosphere as if it were painted by Picasso with splashes of a van Gogh work. “The Starry Night” blossoms into a new and … Continue reading Healing After the Dream Slayers
December’s Theme “Who Would Imagine”
The December Theme is entitled “Who Would Imagine.” The opening lines of the Whitney Houston classic from the motion picture “The Preachers Wife” describe the enduring hope and endless possibilities that this time of year reminds us of as we recognize the … Continue reading December’s Theme “Who Would Imagine”
” Imagine That, A King”
“Mommies and daddies always believe, That their little angels are special indeed, And you could grow up to be anything, But who would imagine a king,” Who Would Imagine a King by Mervyn Warren, Whitney Houston Vocals. Who would imagine … Continue reading ” Imagine That, A King”
The “Glory and Honor of the Nations”: Revelation 21:26 and the “Coloring of America”
According to the Apostle Paul in the book of Acts, God sovereignly shapes the demographic and ethnic composition of nations so that people “should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him” (Acts 17: 26-27). In … Continue reading The “Glory and Honor of the Nations”: Revelation 21:26 and the “Coloring of America”
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