Sometimes I think the American People are like the girl that says that they want that nice guy who will treat them right: Completely full of s--t! Lets see: Affordable health care? That's a left wing conspiracy, we have the best health care system in the world so its ok to have to go into... Continue Reading →
You don’t listen, you never have listened, you never WILL listen and…you ain’t listening now!
I am beginning to believe that most people have never had a real conversation in their life. We talk all the time, but rarely are we engaged in a conversation. So let's start with what I mean by examining the definition of each. Talking Defined: Engaging in speech. Conversation Defined: A talk, especially an informal... Continue Reading →
Get Home Safely: 10 Rules of Survival, Video from Trinity United Church of Christ
I think it is sad that we need to have this conversation in 2021, but we need to. Please share with our young men and women, we need them safe and at home and not a tragic news story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqJ-psD9vJw
Change is not sufficient, we need a Metamorphosis!
I think that if we really want to heal the racial divide in this country, we need to stop with all of the buzzwords and slogans. I am pretty sure you have used some of these in conversations with each other, right? They really sound nice and we can all have nice warm and wonderful... Continue Reading →
Don’t let your blessings block you on your purpose! Beware the Blessing Wall!
Follow-Up to A Live Worth Living We sometimes forget that the Devil is a fallen angel. I think that he still has and wears that uniform. Before you go further, my brain works a bit differently than most, so please take off the strict theologian hat for a moment and bear with me for a... Continue Reading →
Re-Post from Website (The Conversation) “Black men face high discrimination and depression, even as their education and incomes rise”
For Black boys, discrimination during adolescence leads to depression two decades later when they are adults.
A Life worth Living is Living Gods Plan! And it ain’t easy!
I think sometimes we mistake what feels really great right now for Gods Will and Plan for us. A lot of what is sent to detract us from Gods Plan feels REALLY good and REALLY right, but does that mean we should give our life for it? I think his plan is what we KNOW... Continue Reading →
We need to challenge OUR Normal too!
One thing we as a people need to get abundantly clear on: What we speak created our world and our childrens world. From Psychology today : "One of the most advanced cognitive functions we have is our ability to create, understand and share language. Words, despite their objective Webster definitions, have unique meanings to those... Continue Reading →
Will 2021 Be Better? Not if we aren’t!
I am also excited to enter a new decade. Looking forward to new challenges and new opportunities. But there is work to do. I begin by "reading" a poem on my wall "What I Live For" it ends with these words: I live for those who love me,For those who know me true,For the Heaven... Continue Reading →
Are we really enlightened? Or is normal just painted over?
In todays America we see this picture as offensive and wrong Slaves In chains And this picture is NOT offensive. Getty Images Hypocritical, isn't it? Three Questions If we say that we care about justice and are the land of the free, then why is is OK for 1 in 4 Black men to end... Continue Reading →
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