That night several years ago was exquisite and filled with fun and the expectation of an enjoyable short journey with my wife and best friend. Throughout the years, we had several of these evening drives to who knows where, and … Continue reading Black Labor, Black Ingenuity, & The Generation Returning Them to Country Music
“With our launch, we want to speak from the heart with entries about tangible ways that communities of the majority can reach out in partnership with marginalized communities of color in ways that are not patronizing but collaborative.“ Three-Fifths Magazine, … Continue reading “What’s In It For Me?” Charting The Pathways Toward Justice In A Transactional America.
“’ Going down with the sinking ship’ is an idiom that means to stay committed to a fairling cause or situation, even when it seems hopeless, often implying a sense of loyalty or responsibility, similar to how a captain on … Continue reading Are We Going Down With a Sinking Ship or Integrating into a Burning House?
Winter, a season of reflection, remembrance, and storytelling, has always been a sacred time for tribal communities—a time to gather and share lessons from the past. The Old Ones would say that as the snow blankets the earth, it also … Continue reading Winter Reflection: The Buffalo Robe Story
No more lives torn apartThat wars would never startAnd time would heal all heartsAnd everyone would have a friendAnd right would always winAnd love would never end, noThis is my grown up Christmas list written by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson-Jenner (lyrics). I … Continue reading And Right Will Always Win?
Faithing while Black Dr. Esau McCauley, author of Reading While Black, contrasted one of the main features of the Black Church with a major point of contention in European Christianity. In a panel discussion with the Jude 3 Project, McCauley … Continue reading Christmassing While Black
The final Christmas sermon Dr. King gave begins: “This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere, paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world … Continue reading The Foundation of Hope: The God Who Makes All Things New
No more lives torn apartThat wars would never startAnd time would heal all heartsAnd everyone would have a friendAnd right would always winAnd love would never end, noThis is my grown up Christmas list written by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson-Jenner (lyrics). The … Continue reading The December Edition: Grown-Up Christmas Dreams For A World In Need of Them
Not one of us was here when this house was built. Our immediate ancestors may have had nothing to do with it, but here we are, the current occupants of a property with stress cracks and bowed walls and fissures … Continue reading My Grown-Up Christmas List: A Poem of Hope
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