Record-breaking temperatures across the world this summer serve as a harsh reminder, along g with other climate-related weather events such as flooding over vast portions of the continental U.S. and a longer and more active hurricane season, that phenomena once … Continue reading Climate Change Does Not Pose an Equal Opportunity Threat
The Prince of Third Ward Holman Street Baptist Church (HSBC) is located in the Historic Third Ward of Houston Texas. It is the church where I experienced a spiritual awakening and received my call to the Ministry over 40 years … Continue reading Covered by the Blood; Spiritual Determinants of Health vs The Social Detriment to Health
The storm is passing over arrangement by Barbara Baker begins with the words, “Have courage my soul, and let us journey on. Though the night is dark, and I am far from home. Thanks be to God, the morning light … Continue reading The Storm Is Passing Over
Do Black Lives Matter in America? If they truly mattered, would we continue to see the disparities that we do such as the infant mortality rate being comparable to third world nations? African American women’s maternal death is disproportionately high … Continue reading Health Disparities and the Eye of the Storm
If we’re God’s poetry (Ephesians 2:10). . . What does it mean to be created in the image of God? How does that inform the way we live and inspire the ways we treat each other? “The true alchemists do … Continue reading Anthropoetics: Embodiment, Equality, Environment
Our collective wholeness includes health equity Shalom is a Hebrew word often translated to the English word: peace. But according to Dr. Al Tizon, in his book Transformation after Lausanne: Radical Evangelical Mission in Global-Local Perspective, “Only a shallow translation … Continue reading Covid and Shalom
In the summer of 2021, my children attended a camp near the border of WV and Ohio. We had been warned that there were no cell or internet signals on the grounds, so the kids would be cut off from … Continue reading The Digital (Divide) Chasm
“Racism is not always conscious, explicit, or readily visible—often it is systemic and structural. Systemic and structural racism are forms of racism that are pervasively and deeply embedded in systems, laws, written or unwritten policies, and entrenched practices and beliefs … Continue reading Racism 101: How We Entered the Eye of the Storm
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
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