One Move at a Time
byComedian Steve Harvey used to have this bit about white people having “wonderful weekends,” but black people having a “couple of days off.” For…
Editorial
THE DEAD SEA AND ME
byHaving waded into the Dead Sea on a recent tour of Israel, I was amused to topple on the water and float there like…
It’s Not Just In Your Head; Health Inequities Are Real and are Driven by Social and Political Determinants of Health
byOur bodies record every experience, every pain, every attack. Owing to the social, environmental, and political determinants of health, eventually, the effects of biological…
An Aggressive Peace
byI smiled at the man wearing a beige baseball cap, with bold black letters declaring, Shalom Shalom Because I smiled, he thought (rightfully…
Not Words, but Deeds
byWhat I learned in Teaneck “ . . . Not words, but deeds. The daily life tells much more than any number of words….
Big Lies and the Prescription against “Wokeness”
byWhen John Poulos, CEO of Dominion Voting Systems talked to “60 Minutes” in an October episode, the man looked weary and close to tears….
Windy Nights
byThe story was a classic in my father’s sermons. To this day, however, I remember the wisdom of a mere boy’s response to a…
The Wake-Up Call from Jackson, Mississippi
byRepeated occurrences of water failures indicate neglect, and call for long-term solutions. #FaithfilledFridays #FaithwithWorks #Faithworks #handsandfeet Because of my work in Disaster Response as…
The Foul-Smelling Flood of Indifference
byTrouble in the Water, Again From the Message Vault, March April 2016 #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Whatsnext Editor’s Note: Residents in Jackson, Mississippi suffer repeated interruptions…
The Intimate Observer of Our Choices
byIt takes effort in our technologically tethered world to imagine life where no one knows where you are, or that you even exist. In…