An Open Letter to Christopher Columbus:
Congratulations! Best wishes, Viceroy and Governor General Cristóbal Colón! (You don’t mind me using your Spanish name do you?) Although you’ve been dead more…
Bible Truths Shirley Chisholm Reminded Us Of
Remembering Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to run for president of the United States, one who was “unbought” and “unbossed,” and believed she…
Mis-Education of the Church
Dr. Carter G. Woodson insisted that the contribution of “the Negro” be recognized year-round. What about the contribution of people of African descent as…
God’s New Year Resolution
Listen Up “Caterpillars”: What God has done for the butterfly is only a hint of what He wants to do for us. Ropes of…
What to Do With This Stuff: Lessons from Lil Jon’s Crunk Christmas
I’m telling you right now, whenever I get bored during the Christmas season, I’m clicking on “All I Really Want for Christmas!” Overplayed traditional…
Reframe Your Pain: Six Lessons On Loss
How can I see hope and purpose beyond my circumstances? How can I live a functional life with so much dysfunction around me? How…
Five Reasons Jesus Wept
Five Reasons to Love Him All Over Again When I was little, the verse “Jesus wept” was a favorite verse because it was the…
The Samaritan’s Second Coming
The Good Samaritan is so popular that he’s crossed over from the Good Book to medical and legal books: “Good Samaritan laws generally provide…
Why Memorial Day is Bigger Than the Barbecue
Drill down on the grill out, to find the true meaning of a righteous Memorial Day. Grills are centers of gravity that pull family…
Why the Justin Timberlake Prince Tribute and Sing-Along Bothered Us
It would probably have bothered Prince too. Why, though? The clapback began twenty years before Super Bowl LII when Prince tried to preempt anyone…