When I Worship

I’m just returning to my hotel room in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where I am serving as a speaker and workshop facilitator this weekend.  Tonight, I performed a spoken word piece titled “When I Worship” and have been asked to publish it on the blog so here it is. When I worship, time sits still and waits […]

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In the beginning was…

I am often amazed at how quickly persons will rise to defend race as if I have offended a family member, a childhood friend or perhaps even a spouse when I question the authenticity of the relationship or the intentions of race for their life.  They take a sense of ownership in race, which ultimately […]

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Something On The Inside

I’ve got something on the inside, working on the outside.  Oh, what a change in my life! I’ve got something on the inside, working on the outside.  Oh, what a change in my life!     My convictions regarding race and its social power/lessness are grounded in my life and relationship with Jesus Christ.  It is because […]

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Speak Wisely

 “Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is. ~Publilius Syrus “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” ~Jesus Christ Much of today was spent at the airport in Raleigh, North Carolina.  My flight, scheduled to depart at 2:40 p.m. was pushed back to 7:30 p.m.  I […]

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The Good News of the Race-less Life

Tomorrow will be the last day of my leadership training with the Foundations of Christian Leadership program and I am grateful for the numerous opportunities to assess, reflect upon and discuss this unique and special ministry that I have been entrusted with.  My colleagues have truly been gifts and I am so grateful for their […]

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