THUG

THUG

My friend Kristian is a bi-vocational pastor here in Atlanta. Well, he is lots of things. An entrepreneur, a podcaster, a design consultant, and an alumnus of McAfee School of Theology of Mercer University. He is also an African-American and has experienced firsthand...
Books I Wish White People Would Read

Books I Wish White People Would Read

Not everyone likes to read. I get that. Reading can be difficult and some have physical challenges that compromise reading proficiency. I hasten to add, however, that reading is life. It is good for the brain – literally. It exercises the muscles needed for...
Running for Dear Life

Running for Dear Life

Early this morning, while it was still very dark, I went running. There is not much unusual about that. Most mornings I put on a pair of beat-up shoes and leave my neighborhood and run in and through and out of one subdivision after another. The only thing I have to...
In Times of Anxiety Now is the Time to Be

In Times of Anxiety Now is the Time to Be

The poet Qoheleth tells us there is a season for everything and a time for every matter under heaven. Fear or anxiety did not make the list in Ecclesiastes chapter three, but wisdom and science confirms that fear has its’ time, its’ season. For the last several...
It is Not Just a Piece of Paper

It is Not Just a Piece of Paper

Hanging on a wall in my office is a piece of paper that today is 32 years old. It is weathered a bit from three decades or so of sunshine and the signatures on it are faded. For that matter, some of those who signed it have faded from this world and entered the next....