At nine years old, I decided I wanted to become a journalist. It was the same time my brother Fred and I started delivering the Chicago Daily News. The newspaper was the third largest circulation...
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. - Hebrews 6:10 Devastation in Gaza As of Tuesday morning, at...
Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. - Proverbs 4:26 India’s Covid-19 Crisis Covid-19 cases in India have overwhelmed the country's medical system. People are amassing...
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths. - Isaiah 2:3 A Prayer for Daunte Wright’s Family...
As the world is beginning to reopen and life picks up again, I’m asking the questions: Should life go back to normal? If not, what is the new normal? Have we learned what we should have? Where do we...
"Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also." - Psalm 31:9 Mass Shootings in both Atlanta and Boulder This week, two mass shootings were...
When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember my favorite things And then I don't feel so bad (My Favorite Things, Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rogers, 1961) After...
“She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” - Genesis 16:13 Revelations about Sexual and Spiritual Abuse With...
"I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice." - Proverbs 8:20 Alberta Oil Companies claim Net Zero A pair of companies in Western Canada say they've not only achieved the mark of...
I am hoping that someone reading this will learn from my failures. I am still developing the muscle-tone at midlife to have conversations with people of color where I mostly just listen, the way God...
“History and Scripture teaches us that there can be no reconciliation without repentance. There can be no repentance without confession. And there can be no confession without truth.” ― Jemar Tisby...
Lord, You are the source of all rightful authority. All things hold together in you. Forgive us for the ways that, when it comes to politics, we have worshiped and served the creature rather than the...
