We’d Better Dial Up Our Sleep Number
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
Blog posts for Empowerment
Empowerment Hope Religion and Spirituality
Beethoven on Inner Peace
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
Walk Out and Look Up
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
What is True and What is Right
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
The Metaverse and the Manger
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
Am I Gonna Ride This Thing or Not?
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
The Power of a Pinwheel
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
Empowerment Hope joy Self care
Not Today, Satan!
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network. Some days, you just feel it. It’s like a disruption in the force, … Read More
Empowerment Gratitude Hope joy Second Chances Self care
Eat, Pray, Love . . . at Home
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network The Coronavirus has changed everything about our world, including our language. Words that … Read More
Just Keep Swinging
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network. If Jesus came back, I think he would return as the late, … Read More