“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 […]
“No one is ever really at ease in facing what we call ‘life’ and ‘death’ without religious faith. The trouble with many people today is that they have not found a God big enough for modern needs. While their experience of life has grown in a score of directions and their mental horizons have been […]
Let me begin by saying that this is not a suggestion or even advice. I am only going to write the obvious truth that we choose to ignore. We really do know better. And while our reasons vary as to why we continue to lift up the social construct of race as a source of […]
I often look for resources to share that might assist us in our journey toward understanding ourselves apart from the social construct of race. Deconstructing this identity is more complicated than the “peeling back the layers.” It is deeply imbedded in who we are and believe others to be. The paradigm of race must be […]
While I am certainly a promoter of community, fellowship and reconciliation, there are things for which I would separate myself, for which I would not want to be counted with the number. My identity is one of them. I cherish my being more than my belonging. And if I had to stand alone, I would […]