This morning, I was afforded the opportunity to provide a prayer for a gathering of faith leaders from Washington, D.C. We were all invited by current Mayor Bowser and former mayor Anthony Williams. We joined together in celebration of African American history and heritage as well as to reflect on the strides that this community […]
Return “…You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” | Genesis 3.19, NRSV Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, the forty- day period where believers fall in step with Christ’s journey to the cross. It is an exodus from excess. We strip bare our lives from distractions that would take our […]
“The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnecessary to wait the result of the investigation—that it was preferable to hang the accused first and try him afterward.” | Ida B. Wells- Barnett On April 26, the nation’s first memorial in honor of victims […]
Today, I am in Louisville, Kentucky. I am a planner but I could not have seen this coming, that my words would lead me here. But, there is certainly a since of arrival. This is where I should be and better still, this is where I belong. An x marked this spot on a map […]
We don’t have to go far to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. So often, conversations about conversion assume that those who need to hear the gospel are in far- away lands, that we have to cross the ocean to deliver the message. But, evangelism does not require a passport. No need to learn a […]