“Who Are You”
As part of our prison ministry, I receive a completed lesson plan from a justice involved individual every week. They complete it and...
“Don’t Get It Twisted”
Good morning everyone! This is another day God created and it’s pregnant with possibility! Let me jump right in. The dialogue about race...
Freedom!
Good morning everyone. This is a day God created and I intend to live it with praise on my lips and joy in my heart. And that’s...
Good News!!!
Let us intentially throw aside the weight of division as we attend our various houses of worship today whether in person or virtually....
It’s Time To Build
I have written 8 blogs since COVID-19 and the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. I find writing very therapeutic...
Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
Violence is in our country’s DNA. Although it’s white washed in our history books, America was founded and maintained by violence. And it...
Peace Be Still
52 years ago the Westside of Chicago went up in flames after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. At that time I was young, angry,...
“Let’s Breathe Together”
I grew up a very angry young man during the beginning and height of the Civil Rights era in Chicago. At that time and even now Chicago...
“The Other Place”
This morning my mind travelled back to my roots growing up in Chicago. I wrote this piece a few years back celebrating how far God has...
Quarantine Lessons from “Betty Bird”
Quarantine Lessons from “Betty Bird” During quarantine Kacie and I observed a bird make her nest on our back patio. She nestled it...
