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They Don’t Care About Us

“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 [...]

Like a Coin… Michael Joseph Jackson (1958-2009)

Everyone’s life has value…think of it as a precious coin. Coins have two sides, just as life begins in birth and ends in death. Without both sides and everything in between -life, just as a coin, will have no value. Can you imagine living without the in-between? Can you remember what you were doing at [...]

He Speaks Through the Children

On this glorious Palm Sunday morning (April 5, 2009) with the temperatures warmed by a bright sunlit sky, a wonderful feeling of calm and peace came over me. As an Episcopalian the service and liturgy held the same familiarity, it has for most of my life. For many years now, Palm Sunday service at my [...]

How do we stop ‘pimping’ of the church?

A Facebook group titled “The Levites” asked the question… How do we stop the pimping of the church?  With each new conference comes a new gimmick, DVD, etc.  Each new worship experience comes with a new fund-raising effort and sales pushes!  How do we stop the prostitution of gifts in the church?  Let’s talk about [...]

President Obama’s Ascension to the White House is Important to This Country

Oh, How I Remember: While on a business trip in Birmingham, Alabama ten years ago, I discovered what it was like to have the spirit of the civil rights past come to life. A group of my colleagues had gone out to dinner in a van provided by the conference we were attending. For some [...]

… So Help Me God

God: (noun English) the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe. Christ: (noun English) Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah. Allah (noun Islamic) the Supreme Being; God. Buddha: (noun Sanskrit) Indian religious leader: founder of [...]

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