Every now and then, there is an unexpected event that takes the world by surprise and turns it upside down. Sometimes, that event takes place in the form of an individual who impacts the world with such veracity making such … Continue reading Sometimes It Takes a King
When my eldest son was in sixth grade, he ran with the cross-country team at his school. One afternoon, I was parked under the shade of the middle school parking lot waiting for practice to finish, the colors of autumn … Continue reading Advent of the Wonderous Ordinary
One year, my art was stolen and I suffered loss. San and I, with our three small kids, one a newborn, had to start over. We moved to Oxnard, where I’d grown up. I borrowed a room for two months, … Continue reading Love Not Kept in a Sunday Box
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” John 1:1, 14a Who would imagine the Creator of humanity clothing Himself … Continue reading Who Would Imagine Such a Powerful WORD! by Carl McRoy
This fall as I watch the leaves from the large oak tree outside of my window turn and drop onto our deck, I anticipate the array of beautiful colors that are soon to come in the landscape across the water … Continue reading True Colors
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”
Recently, a Texas school district temporarily banned the works of acclaimed children’s author, Jerry Craft, and canceled the author’s scheduled visit to the school because 30 parents accused the books of promoting Critical Race Theory (CRT) (Beals). The author is … Continue reading Colors of Liberation
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of Negro History Week, wrote a masterpiece that is amazingly relevant today, The Miseducation of the Negro. The main thread running through the book is that much of our formal educational system often miseducates us … Continue reading The 3-Fold Miseducation of the Census
I’m so tired. I can’t think.I can’t believe I woke up this morning to another normal day but it wasn’t another normal day because another young black man was taken away. This time it wasn’t some racist cop or some … Continue reading Enough
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