Besides working a full-time job, publishing two new books and in the final stages of finishing my first novel, for more than two years now I have published an email subscription newsletter titled The Village Griot. Actually, the newsletter was established in 1998 as a bi-monthly print publication with a customizable masthead targeted to churches [...]
Stained glass windows artfully depict
Biblical scenes glowing in sun lit color
Illuminating the line of votive flames
Flickering their golden dances of prayer
While kneelers wait for Him whose will
Carries loved ones holding on…
Some already gone
To the peace of their eternal home
Shadows across the sanctuary waltz
Quiet no longer hushed
Distant voices grow into chatter
Breaking the silence
One by one, in [...]
How resolute are we as regular, everyday people? Each year we sit down and make a list of things we need to do or should have done thinking this will make us a better person. We resolve to stop doing things that are unhealthy, discouraging, unfaithful, and ungodly. What is the purpose of being resolute?
Resolute [...]
Marriage is a covenant with God first, then it can be defined as a partnership between two people. It is very important in this day in time, as opposed to biblical time as we’ve come to read about, that we know what we are getting ourselves into. In many cultures, marriages are pre-arranged by the [...]
“All I wanna say is that they don’t really care about us!” I don’t care whether they call us… African-American, black, people of color or even the N-word, it boggles my mind that in the United States there is still a culture set on destroying anyone of us who gains a tremendous degree of fame [...]
It amazes me how much emphasis we place on our looks in the U.S. Cosmetics, beauty, and hair care is a multi-billion dollar consumer industry. What we look like is a major factor in the type of lifestyle, job, and friendships we have throughout our lives. Though I have not seen Chris [...]
