“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” ~Romans 12.2, King James Version “Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], […]
To be a socially colored “black” person is to be kept down, prevented from rising and especially not to the top. If you are up, then you are an “uppity Negro” and out of place, out of character. You think that you are “better than your own people” and need to be taken down a […]
“How are you doing, my sister?” “Can you spare some change, my brother?” I hear it often from older African American men who wish to pay me a compliment or are asking for assistance. I hear it as respectful, an expression of social grace as it assumes a relational closeness that could draw a smile […]
“The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is… that there should be long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has as always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil I recently completed the reading of Eugene Peterson’s A Long Obedience in […]
“Men must be governed by God or be ruled by tyrants.” ~ William Penn Whether due to natural causes or that of humanly expedited circumstances, it seem that the death of tyrant after tyrant has become commonplace in our news. An Arab nationalist and the fifth president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein along with his army is believed […]