One of the most assuring features of modern computing is that the vast majority of problems can be resolved by simply rebooting. It used to pain me when technical support representatives would ask me whether I have rebooted my computer when it...
More familiar to me on the Fourth of July are the words Frederick Douglass delivered on this day in 1852 than those penned by our Founding Fathers. Fellow citizens, pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today?...
It is quite unsettling that we have come to a time in our society where over half of the children are being raised without their natural father in the home. In the particular area of Washington, DC where I reside, a startling 8 out of 10 children...
So many people have been asking me to weigh-in on the Eddie Long’s settlement that I feel compelled to respond in violation of the purple code of silence. In the immortal words of Cadillac Kimberly “God said ‘touch not my anointed, and do my...
TThe first Sunday of the month means many believers will observe Jesus’ command to partake of his body and blood to commemorate his suffering and sacrifice. After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you...
There is a common retort when people in the hood feel caught with a Hobson’s choice: “I ain’t gotta do nothing but stay black and die.” Well glory be to God that we are not bound by either. First of all, For God so...
It is very telling how one of the things Jesus explicitly told us to do is the one thing that almost never gets done in the church. “You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your...
Another year has come where we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday. I remember the day always being significant as a child. Television stations aired footage of his speeches the Civil Rights struggle for the better part of the day. Stevie...
What would happen if we were subjected to an annual spiritual review similar to a performance review on our jobs? Would we be kicked out of the church for dereliction of duty or placed in remedial classes for not applying ourselves? Most of us...
The granddaddy of all ironies is that one of the cheeriest days of the year commemorates the event that should rock us to our core. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us (John 1:14). Why would a holy and wholly other god...
Growing up in Washington DC exposed me to some of the best preaching a little black woman could handle. The standard was high as the nation’s capital has always had the highest concentration of educated professionals. The same was true with...
God never promised that every day would be Sunday nor that even the best among us would always feel like doing what we were created to do on the Sabbath. Some Sundays, getting dressed is my only motivation to go to church. During the depths of my...
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