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Refusing to be boxed up in my music, this Ricky Dillard “I’ve Got the Victory” is a spirit filled declaration put to song. The uplifting, upbeat theme of this piece is spiritually dynamic and inspiring. Life has a way of beating you down to such seemingly low ebbs that you can’t subpoena a smile. Thank God for this song exhorting …
January 9, 2020 PM Late last year Trump and Zuckerburg had a private White House lunch. The resulting conversation has yet to be divulged and seems to be cloaked in secrecy. Now just days after this supposed impromptu lunch Facebook and its upper-management have a divergent narrative as opposed to the replies and promises made to congress earlier. In a …
Dr. Joy DeGruy’s Groundbreaking Work on Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome For years, I have followed the work of Dr. Joy DeGruy, a scholar who is deeply studied and apologetically committed to the Black experience. Her research sheds light on the lived reality of Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS), a concept that resonates with many African Americans who experience its lingering effects daily. …
Please excuse me as I drift into a little creative trolling. Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus, Going on before. With that exercise in artful rhetoric, the greatest moral failing of the liberal Christian church was its refusal, justified in the name of tolerance and dialogue, to denounce the followers of the Christian right …
Texas councilman who declared a ‘Black State of Emergency‘ could face recall election. Now let’s put on the brakes for a moment. There definitely is some kind of an emergency in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. On top of the white cops killing innocent at home Black Texans, two were killed at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas. …
The time has again arrived for African-American communities and others, that celebrate the culture to re-energize the dedication propelling the tenets of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is a seven-day, non-religious holiday observed in the US, meant to honor African Americans’ ancestral roots. The celebration lasts until January 1, but the Kwanzaa mindset is an actionable set of on-going conscious priorities. The name …
The state of Kansas is falsely accusing exoneree Lamonte McIntyre all over again. The facts haven’t changed. The only thing linking then-17-year-old McIntyre to the April 1994 broad-daylight murder of two men he did not even know was the detective who worked the case, Roger Golubski. McIntyre’s mother has accused the detective of forcing her to have sex with him, …
How do you regard your time? Is your time and health treated as your greatest assets? I pose this question not to get an answer from you, but possibly for you to pause and answer the question with sober honesty in the private mansion occupied by your mind and spirit residence. What is your definition of a “Good Time”? I …
December 21, 2019 AM As the title references to Trump and Putin’s relationship, it is strange and alarming at the same breath. I know Trump’s family origins start in Europe and Russia is part of Europe, but this is still hard to digest for most that love America. Trump verbally sometimes passively rebukes Russia, but his aura toward Putin and …
“Now Put This in Your Pipe and Smoke it” My grandfather Zebedee smoked. He had a can of Prince Albert tobacco and some OCB papers which he would roll a cigarette, plus clutch and shift while driving. While he shared his wisdom with me, my cousins, uncles, and friends, he would preference his wisdom or amazement with the adage, “Put …
