Cancer (and other road hazards) Empowerment Gratitude Hope Laughter Self care Uncategorized
This piece was previously featured as a nationally syndicated column by GateHouse Media. “Brace yourselves. I’m gunna use the ‘F word’ to talk about my battle with breast cancer.” While the audience gasped, the … Read More
Empowerment Hope Kindness Self care
I grew up in a North Carolina high school where football was a big deal, which is ironic, considering that in North Carolina, basketball is the state religion. … Read More
How do you heal? Me? Among many things, I find healing in the stars. And specifically, the spectacular images from the James Webb telescope like the “Cartwheel Galaxy” (above) published … Read More
This piece was taken from a sermon delivered at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in NYC on April 10, 2022. I don’t know about y’all, but I love to sleep. Love. It. And, at the risk … Read More
Empowerment Hope Religion and Spirituality
I’m sure you have all heard of the great composer Beethoven and his famous piece the 9th Symphony. It was heralded as a work of genius because Beethoven … Read More
Empowerment Environment Gratitude Hope joy Second Chances
This piece was featured by The Christian Citizen as well as delivered as a sermon at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in NYC. Today, I’d like to share the secret to life. Where … Read More
This piece was featured by Baptist News Global and delivered as a sermon at Madison Avenue Baptist Church on January 2, 2022. Due to the recent spike in COVID infections in New York City, our church … Read More
Empowerment Hope Religion and Spirituality
This piece was featured as an article in The Christian Century as well as broadcast as a sermon at Madison Avenue Baptist Church NYC . I am a liberal arts major from the disco-era who is enamored with the … Read More
Cancer (and other road hazards) Empowerment Hope Judgment and Forgiveness Self care
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with Gannett. There are a lot of things that the Bible doesn’t tell us. For instance, what did Jesus do between … Read More
I was in the parking lot of the Walgreens recently and heard squeals of laughter coming from a Kia Soul nearby. Not knowing a drug store to be … Read More