Lately, well at least the last few days, I have been meditating on the concept of rest and play. Lord knows that I work too hard, every day, all day, and hardly leave enough room for the two in my life. As I spent time in my Word just this week, I mediated on Jesus’ …
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My freshman year in high school was a pretty rough time for me. For all intents and purposes, I consider this time in my life my 'rebellious period.' where I rebelled against my mother and turned against God. Briefly. But in that period of brevity, I found myself hanging out with the wrong crowd and …
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In light of all of things that have been happening to black people in this country of late, I composed the following piece called 'Don't.' These are just a few things that I am learning about what it means to be black, and what happens when you try to do the opposite of what you …
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I can’t believe it’s already been three weeks since you came into this world and changed my life. You were ten days late, but right on time with a head full of curly black hair and big, beautiful brown eyes. I must admit, I loved you from the moment I laid eyes on you. Although …
So the other day, I received an email from someone who was interested in submitting a guest post on my blog. Although I had never done this before, I liked the idea so I asked them to submit a post in line with the topics on this blog, which primarily revolves around issues of faith and …
Continue reading Guest Post! Hiram Rhoades Revels: a brief history of a great man
This morning I listed to mid-morning with Kerri Miller on Minnesota Public Radio. With her this morning was Eugene Robinson, author of Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America. In his interview with Ms. Miller he talked about several things that really stood out in my mind. For Mr Robinson, the terms that we have used …
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