An Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu… On November 22, 2008, The Griot had the honor and pleasure of attending a special evening in support of The Tutu Institute for Prayer and Pilgrimage, and The Bishop’s Initiative on Reconciliation at the historic St. Paul’s Church in Baltimore. Old St. Paul’s as the church is affectionately called, [...]
This post was orginally an article in The Village Griot, my online subscription newsletter. Recently, a young African-American coworker who is well educated and raised in the culture of colorblindness asked me if I was happy about the direction of the general election. My response was “only if I am able to exhale on November [...]
For months now, I have had an increasing inability to rise out of bed on Sunday morning and prepare myself to go to church. One of the last things I say to myself before going to bed on Saturday night is… “I’m going to church tomorrow.” However, there is a battle between the morning news [...]
Notice when things are going right Something comes along With all power and might Leans back to slap you Straight in the face Not with a hand But the misuse of God’s grace… Ever notice how some Christians go about their lives with an air of superiority? They believe that because they have sought salvation [...]
For Emmitt Till, Medgar Evers, Fred Shuttlesworth, the Little Rock Nine, the North Carolina A&T student sit-in at Woolworths, James Meredith, the families of Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins, James E. Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner; God has heard your prayers. For everyone who endured the back of the [...]
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