“I had a change of heart.” We’ve all heard or said these words before. It is a changing of our disposition, our perspective on a situation or person. It has happened over time, a fews days, weeks, months or even years. The changing of one’s heart does take time. And a change of heart is […]
“Knowing what’s right does not mean much unless you do what’s right.” ~Theodore Roosevelt There is so much terrain to cover and so many layers to our continuing conversation on race and its progeny. To be sure, I agree with President Obama as to the nature of our conversations moving forward. He said during Wednesday’s […]
It is my life’s purpose to encourage persons to hang this sign on their soul in response to race, its stereotypes and prejudices: Do not enter. While I believe that God is without boundary, that God cannot be limited or restricted by the designations of society and culture, that God’s Being cannot be changed, I […]
President Barack Obama has called for “soul searching” but I wonder what are we in search of? What are we looking for that might challenge us to do what is right, just and fair in the eyes of the Law? What do we need that would allow us to look into the eyes of another […]
Baltimore, Maryland is burning. Protesters and looters have flooded the streets in response to the questionable death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Stores have been vandalized, buildings and police cars set on fire. A state of emergency has been declared and the National Guard have been called in. Tanks, rubber bullets, tear gas, […]