It’s Friday. Usually in America, Friday is the start of the weekend break. On weekends most people seek some form of entertainment, such as going to the movies, a play, games, musical performances, among a plethora of other options. The fact of the matter is that Americans have plenty of opportunities to entertain themselves ……
Last week I spent most of my days discussing the history of Christian preaching. Its landscape is vast and wide. The history of Christian preaching extends from the early church to today. Throughout its rich past, preaching has been both helpful and at times extremely controversial. It was through preaching that kings and kingdoms were…
At the beginning of each calendar year most us have the habit of making new goals. The phrase often used is “new year, new goals.” These resolutions are rooted in our desire to improve our lives. Such improvement may be health related, financially driven, professionally related, or otherwise. The problem? In order to achieve our…
Last weekend America experienced yet another church shooting. Such incidents have occurred with some regular frequency in the past couple of decades: 1999 Wedgewood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas 2001 Greater Oak Missionary Baptist Church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky 2002 Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Lynbrook, New York 2003 Turner Monumental AME Church in Kirkwood, Georgia…
In the past 3 months I have been listening to a song titled “God is God”* (translation) by Delino Marçal, a Brazilian worship leader and song writer. As we approach yet another year, I believe the lyrics of his song are worth sharing. I believe this song communicates the essence of how we can live…
Last night I completed putting up all my Christmas lights. My house looks like it could be part of a home from the movie A Christmas Vacation! This is one of my favorite things to do all year. I enjoy decorating the outside of our house in anticipation of the holidays. This year it took…
I recently came across a video posted by @tiktokys on Instagram.* The video features a young male (clearly he is biologically male) by the name of Juwan Gutierrez, who identifies himself as being transgender. Gutierrez appears in the video wearing a pink colored girl tank top, his breasts clearly puff up, and wearing what appears…
Recently, I was asked about teachability. Someone close to me asked, “Are you a teachable person?” I learned a lot from such inquiry. Being teachable, according to dictionary.com, means that you are a person “capable of being instructed.” I like the quote offered in freedictionary.com, “Teachability is a demonstration of humility that demonstrates that a leader…
A few years ago I watched a clip titled “Retooning the Nativity” by Igniter Media (sample link at the bottom). I remember during that time I had a conversation with someone. I told them something about Christmas that was not factually correct. Then they jokingly (yet correctly) proceeded to tell me, “Get your Christmas facts…
William Ernest Henley, an English poet who lived in the 1800s crafted a small poem with the famous quip, “I am the master of my fate captain of my soul.” This phrase is the last stanza of his famous poem known as Invictus: Out of the night that covers me Black as the pit from pole…