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Small Dreams, Big God
In Donnie McClurkin’s song, “That’s What I Believe,” he sings of going to God for deliverance, salvation, and for God’s word — and trusting that God would give just what God promised — deliverance, salvation and even the word (of course, not necessarily in that order.) I love this song and the words and the…
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Giving Her a Chance to Grow Up
People often say that we “raise our daughters, and love our sons,” — meaning that we heap responsibility on the shoulders of our daughters at an early age so that they will “learn”….. and we allow our sons to escape the same. How’s that working for us? I know that sometimes, Black women do this…
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Children Are Not Trophies
In the office of the doctor who performed the fertility treatments that resulted in the birth of eight babies to a mother who already had six were pictures of children — walls filled with pictures of children. These pictures were referred to as “trophies.” Children are not trophies. They are not accessories. Children are not…
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We Can Do This
We did something today – January 20, 2009. In the United States of America, a Black man took the oath for the highest office in the land. So many millions of people thought that they would never see this day. Private hopes and a few attempts by African Americans in the past notwithstanding, most people…
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The 21st Century Herod
Has the Congo been on your radar screen? It should be — a modern day Herod lives there. It has been reported widely that for the last 20 years, children in Northern Uganda have been abducted, tortured, brainwashed, sexually mutilated and forced to serve in the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army. The Lord’s Resistance Army? What…
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Yes, We Can
Yes, we can. We have just done something that I honestly never thought I would live to see. Sure, there was always a glimmer of hope in the recesses of my heart. But would we dare speak aloud those precious hopes and dreams? Barack Hussein Obama will be the 44th President of the United States…
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Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
I love this photo of little boys dressed up as Indian independence Leader Mahatma Gandhi. It was the eve of the 139th Anniversary of Gandhi’s birth and children were celebrating the occasion by dressing as one of the most important figures in human history. Gandhi influenced leaders worldwide — like Martin Luther King, Jr. —…
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Still In the Business of Dissenting
On this day – October 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. He was more than just the first African American elevated to the highest court in the country: he was the grandson of slaves, the standard bearer in the fight against injustice and a voice…
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Caring About Children Means Being Thoughtful About Choosing Leaders
What Is A Leader? There has been a perpetual knot in the pit of my stomach throughout this election season. Because of its historic nature, more people than ever before have been paying attention, listening to debates, weighing in….that’s absolutely wonderful! The pit in my stomach, however, is formed by our “election season” definitions of…
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Violent, still….
The New York Times reported on this day — September 25, 1957, that the President of the United States sent National Guard troops into Little Rock, Arkansas so that nine Black children could go to Central High School. When I read this I thought, “How sad. Then, troops were sent so that Black children could…
A Voice In Ramah
Another world is possible…
A Voice In Ramah 