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Who Am I?

This is the most complex question you can ask out of all the profound questions in the world. How do I define me? At sixty-two years old, I have answers. Those answers come from the One Who created me. Whether you believe or not, someone had you in mind to live and walk on this…

Black Veterans Matter

When the troops came home from World War II, they were met with much fanfare.  But there were vets who weren’t celebrated by America. Black veterans were not given the support they needed to begin their lives as civilians.  They were denied money for college and purchasing a home.  These funds were given freely to…

The Untouchables

The Untouchables (called Dalit today) were in the sewer of the East Indian caste system. They continue to be trapped in persistent poverty and despair. Even the shadow of a Dalit was considered a defilement.   As repugnant and horrifying as we know this is, the land of the free and the home of the…

Victorious Truth   Race was socially constructed to justify the horrors perpetrated on Black, Brown, and indigenous peoples.  It is a carefully crafted body of lies. The only way to defeat lies is truth.  The only way to defeat darkness is light.  Pilate asked Jesus “What is truth?” while Truth was standing right in front of…

Racial Reconciliation

In the late seventies, I became a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and began attending church regularly. My brothers and sisters in Christ were all white, but then race wasn’t relevant to me.  I was just happy to have new friends. There’s one thing  I didn’t know about my new church:  Racist ideology existed…

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