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…
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Systems of Oppression: The Family Farm
“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land. Stop expelling them from their homes, says the Sovereign Lord. Ezekiel 45:9 The context of the above scripture is Israel…
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…
Segregation in the Church
Segregation as a law was struck down by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education in the 1950s. There are many first hand stories about segregation in the schools, but I want to look into segregation in the Church. When Brown v. Board was passed, the Church tried to justify the continuation of…
The Blood of Innocents
September 15, 1963. I turned four years old that day in Omaha, NE, a long way from Birmingham, Alabama. I lived with my parents, my two brothers and my sister in a green rented house. I knew nothing about Sunday School and church choirs and youth groups. I was woefully ignorant of the Bible. My…